- Date
- February 19, 1972
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor, 83 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8163GBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164734
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0008 72/2/19 WASHINGTON,DC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1100 N8163G PX- 0 1 81 48, 14033 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2031 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY TAMPA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - FIRE WARNING SYSTEM: POWERPLANT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FALSE FIRE WARNING REMARKS- PAX ALLOWED TO EXIT DOOR WITH SMALL CHILD DRG EVAC,EXITED THRU WINDOW,OFF WNG.APU FIRE DTCTR REPLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8163G
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl
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