- Date
- April 26, 1977
- Place
- Pottstown, PA · POTTSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 56 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8093UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0003 77/4/26 POTTSTOWN,PA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1350 N8093U PX- 0 0 49 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LIGHTNING STRIKE WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- RADOME AND NR 1 CABIN COMPRESSER DOOR LOST IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8093U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage