- Date
- June 11, 1972
- Place
- West Palm Bch, FL · WEST PALM BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N45191Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117970
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0010 72/6/11 WEST PALM BCH,FLA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 3 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1322 N45191 PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST PALM BEACH OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST PALM BCH,FLA LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY REMARKS- NR 4 ENG IDLE,3 ENG FERRY.FUEL CTL MALFUNCTION CAUSED NR 4 TO ACCELERATE AT HI RATE.PUDDLES ON RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45191
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- West Palm Beach