# NTSB NYC70A0063: Boeing 727, N8158G, Pittsburgh, PA, December 13, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: December 13, 1969
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA · PITTSBURGH, PA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 95 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 5, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148195
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC70A0063
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70A0063

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0055  69/12/13 NR.PITTSBURGH,PA      BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0935                    N8158G              PX-  0  1 89                            55, 22000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            2430 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA          PITTSBURGH,PA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- DAUGHTER OF ELDERLY PX INADVERTENTLY SEATED HER MOTHER ON RETRACTED FLT ATT JUMP SEAT. MOTHER FELL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8158G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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