# NTSB NYC70IN101: Douglas DC-9, N8925E, Boston, MA, March 17, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 17, 1970
- Place: Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious, 68 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 2, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131129
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC70IN101
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70IN101

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0015  70/3/17  NR.BOSTON,MASS        DOUGLAS DC-9        CR-  1  1  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2012                    N8925E              PX-  0  1 65                            35, 7814 TOTAL HOURS, 125
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEWARK,NJ                  BOSTON,MASS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER
        REMARKS- PX HI-JACKED ACFT USING PISTOL.STRUGGLE OCRD DURG WHICH CO-PLT,PLT AND PX WERE SHOT.PLT LNDD ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8925E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8925E-2010-08-03), registration cancelled 2010-08-03, S/N 45840, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-9
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-9-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (registry code 3022065) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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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