- Date
- November 28, 1969
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 123 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8610Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0054 69/11/28 NEWARK,NJ DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0948 N8610 PX- 0 0116 58, 23718 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1195 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: DISC, COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- 12TH STAGE COMPRESSOR DISC,NR 4 ENG,FAILED. ABORTED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8610
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newark
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Other investigations on N8610 · 2
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