- Date
- January 15, 1980
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 45 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N458DABoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0004 80/1/15 MIAMI,FL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0022 N458DA PX- 0 0 38 40, 11012 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 804 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MI MIAMI,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: OTHER WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND GROUND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 71 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RVR RWY27 REPORTED 6000FT.ENCOUNTERED FOG AFTR TOUCHDOWN,ABORTED LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N458DA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl