- Date
- March 9, 1978
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 39 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8842EBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0008 78/3/9 GREENSBORO, NC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2245 N8842E PX- 0 1 32 44, 12500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4425 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GB-HP-WNSN SLM OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MA GREENSBORO, NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PAX FELL DOWN AIR STAIRS WHILE DEPLANING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8842E
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Gb-Hp-Wnsn Slm
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