- Date
- November 6, 1963
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 38 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8708EBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110901
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0062 63/11/6 BOSTON,MASS BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0934 N8708E PX- 0 0 31 50, 21815 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1854 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: SPACER,WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- LOW PRESS COMPRESSOR NO.3 SPACER FAILED. DAMAGED NO 4 ENG AND PYLON. LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8708E
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Logan Intl
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