- Date
- August 2, 1969
- Place
- No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 109 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8775Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173561
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0031 69/8/2 NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1341 N8775 PX- 0 1100 55, 24000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BERMUDA BWI JFK INTL,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PX WAS RETURNING TO SEAT FROM BLUE ROOM. ACFT ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN BERMUDA AND NY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8775
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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