- Date
- April 19, 1978
- Place
- Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 5 minor, 99 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8136NBoeing 727-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0012 78/4/19 NR.MELBOURNE,FL BOEING 727-25 CR- 0 2 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1237 N8136N PX- 0 3100 44, 21300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 12000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8136N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage