- Date
- April 1, 1966
- Place
- Nburlington, NJ · NBURLINGTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 60 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8033UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0024 66/4/1 NBURLINGTON NJ DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0840 N8033U PX- 0 0 53 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - AIRFRAME BUFFET SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8033U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
N8033URegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Douglas DC-8-21Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-21Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER
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