- Date
- December 23, 1968
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 46 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8779Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0027 68/12/23 NEWARK,NJ DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0117 N8779 PX- 0 0 39 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 - NEWARK OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LANDED IN OVERRUN. NR 3 AND NR 7 WHEELS OF RT MAIN GR DAMAGED. NR 7 WHEEL SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8779
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Newark