- Date
- June 17, 1972
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 147 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8615Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0014 72/6/17 PHILADELPHIA,PA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0740 N8615 PX- 0 0139 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- PINNED UNDER NOSE WHEEL DRG PUSH BACK FRM GATE.DRIVER OF TRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY OF OPN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8615
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
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Other investigations on N8615 · 1
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