- Date
- April 28, 1968
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1820Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0009 68/4/28 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 2 2 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0523 N1820 PX- 0 0 0 42, 13849 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1756 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATLANTIC CITY OPERATOR - CAPITOL AIRWAYS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- A/S WENT BELOW VMC ON SIM 2 ENG LNDG.PLT MISUSED POWER,LOST CONTROL.ACFT LND OFF RNWY,STRUCK DITCH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1820
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Atlantic City