- Date
- April 18, 1972
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N787FTDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165956
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0027 72/4/18 NEWARK,NJ DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2034 N787FT PX- 0 0 0 43, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1510 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- RMG WOULDNT RETRACT DUE FAILURE OF ACTUATOR RETRACT PIN. DIVERTED TO JFK AND LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N787FT
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Newark