- Date
- August 5, 1977
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 60 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N815EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146791
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0014 77/8/5 NR.MIAMI,FL DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0035 N815E PX- 0 0 56 UNK/NR, 13000 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL. MIAMI,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N815E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl