- Date
- March 3, 1972
- Place
- Hilo, HI · HILO, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 minor, 122 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8099UDouglas DC8-61
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0024 72/3/3 HILO,HAWAII DOUGLAS DC8-61 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2323 N8099U PX- 0 1118 51, 24950 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 8470 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL LYMAN FLD OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILO,HAWAII LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PSGR FELL FM SLIDE TWISTED BY JET EXHST.UNEC & UNCOORD EVAC INITD BY STWD OVRREACTG TO ENG TORCH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8099U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC8-61
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- General Lyman Fld