- Date
- January 13, 1968
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8778Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111583
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0002 68/1/13 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0455 N8778 PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8778
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl.