- Date
- March 5, 1965
- Place
- Kennedy Intl, NY · KENNEDY INTL, NY
- Injuries
- 84 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8780RDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179741
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0035 65/3/5 KENNEDY INTL N Y DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2113 N8780R PX- 0 0 75 57, 28480 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3160 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JF KENNEDY INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COPILOT - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- NO.4 ENGINE STRUCK RUNWAY DURING CROSSWIND LANDING.SEPARATED FROM PYLON DURING ROLLOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8780R
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jf Kennedy Intl
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