- Date
- May 10, 1977
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N810BNDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0013 77/5/10 NR.MIAMI,FL DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 6 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1120 N810BN PX- 0 0 0 57, 18034 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 7570 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DADE COLLIER OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 74 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST SIGHT OF RWY IN RAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N810BN
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dade Collier
N810BNRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2012 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.