- Date
- August 15, 1970
- Place
- Trenton, NJ · TRENTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 15 minor, 89 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N779CDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115424
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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 70/8/15 NR.TRENTON,NJ DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 2 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1642 N779C PX- 0 0 99 45, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 260 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CTLR TURNED ACFT INTO TSTM.PLT HAD REQ DEVIATION.CTLR DECISION INFLUENCED BY HEAVY SECTOR WORKLOAD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N779C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage