- Date
- January 18, 1978
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 76 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8126NBoeing 727-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780118003479I
- Case key
- 142848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0003 78/1/18 MIAMI,FL BOEING 727-25 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1108 N8126N PX- 0 0 70 52, 11182 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4547 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WEST PALM BEACH,FL ST.LOUIS,MO ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- PREEXISTING STRESS CORROSION AT TORSION BEARING SHAFT JOURNAL NEXT TO NOSE L/G LOCK CRANK ASSBY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8126N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.