- Date
- May 18, 1971
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 81 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N812EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0012 71/5/18 NEWARK,NJ DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1714 N812E PX- 0 0 75 48, 17495 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK ARPT OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED REMARKS- ATTENDANT DID NOT HEAR CALL BELL,IMPENDING TKOF.FELL,BROKE ARM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N812E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Newark Arpt
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