- Date
- January 28, 1968
- Place
- N.Atlantic (Atlantic Ocean) · N.ATLANTIC, AO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 61 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N818PADouglas DC8
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112133
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0053 68/1/28 N.ATLANTIC DOUGLAS DC8 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N818PA PX- 0 1 53 UNK/NR, 20384 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 5715 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PX SAID HAD SEAT BELT FASTENED LOOSELY,NO INSTRUCTIONS.CREW SAID SEAT BLT SIGN ON ANNCMENT MADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N818PA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage