- Date
- October 14, 1979
- Place
- Panama Cty, St. Pierre & Miquelon · PANAMA CTY, Panama
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 145 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1809EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0025 79/10/14 PANAMA CTY,PANAMA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1850 N1809E PX- 0 0138 57, 22518 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6086 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOCUMEN OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL PANAMA CTY,PANAMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT.OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1809E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tocumen
N1809ERegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
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