- Date
- April 13, 1971
- Place
- Wilmington, DE · WILMINGTON, DE
- Injuries
- 51 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8762Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161321
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0031 71/4/13 WILMINGTON,DEL DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1700 N8762 PX- 0 0 43 54, 24600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-CO PLT BECAME ILL AND WAS DISABLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8762
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage