NYC71IN021

NTSB incident investigation · Douglas DC-8 · Wrightstown, NJ · August 13, 1970

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 13, 1970
Place
Wrightstown, NJ · WRIGHTSTOWN, NJ
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N8008FDouglas DC-8
Status
Completed · report February 17, 1971
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
108074

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0053  70/8/13    WRIGHTSTOWN,NJ      DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0  3  FERRY                     CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1050                    N8008F              PX-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - SATURN AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEW YORK,NY                 WRIGHTSTOWN,NJ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 3 ENGINES
        REMARKS- OIL TEMP UNCTLBL,NR1 SHUTDWN.FAA ADVY:ABV 5000FT D/A,BLO 200K DSNDG,BOOST PUMP ON,MIN 60PCT N2 RPM

Aircraft

Registration
N8008F
Reported as
Douglas DC-8
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
No damage