- Date
- July 2, 1972
- Place
- Ea.Boston, MA · EA.BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 154 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- HB-IDGDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-0001 72/7/2 EA.BOSTON,MASS DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 2014 HB-IDG PX- 0 0142 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - SWISS AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EA.BOSTON,MASS LUCERNE,SWITZERLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL REMARKS- R MLG REAR TIRES FAILED. FRICTION CAUSED FIRE. DMGD R INBD FLAP AND BELLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HB-IDG
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Logan Intl