- Date
- February 28, 1963
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 26 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N842DDouglas DC-7
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0019 63/2/28 BOSTON,MASS DOUGLAS DC-7 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2129 N842D PX- 0 0 21 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- GIRL DELIBERATELY RAN INTO NO.2 PROP DESPITE WARNINGS OF RAMP PERSONNEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N842D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Logan Intl
N842DRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Douglas DC-7BAirframe modelDouglas DC-7BEngine modelWright TC18EA series
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