- Date
- August 10, 1966
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8816EConvair 880
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121381
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0029 66/8/10 PHILADELPHIA PA CONVAIR 880 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1704 N8816E PX- 0 0 38 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- EIGHTH STAGE DISC NO.4 ENGINE FAILED. NOSE COWLING SEPARATED FROM ACFT. PLT LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8816E
- Reported as
- Convair 880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
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