- Date
- May 15, 1967
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 98 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8144NBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0034 67/5/15 NR.PHILADELPHIA,PA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1800 N8144N PX- 0 1 92 47, 25000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PX OUT OF SEAT WHEN ACFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE.SEAT BELT SIGN ON WELL BEFORE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8144N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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