- Date
- August 8, 1975
- Place
- Wilmington, DE · WILMINGTON, DE
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 101 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N801EDouglas DC8-51
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0015 75/8/8 NR.WILMINGTON,DE DOUGLAS DC8-51 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2330 N801E PX- 0 0 95 49, 24000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- NO CAT FCST.ENCTRD CAT ATNDT THROWN FM JUMP SEAT WHICH FOLDED.AFTR ENCTR ATNDT STRUCK SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N801E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC8-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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