- Date
- July 24, 1964
- Place
- Gainesville, FL · GAINESVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 136 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8609Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182544
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0068 64/7/24 NR.GAINESVILLE FLA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1640 N8609 PX- 0 1129 56, 27453 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 381 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED 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 RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- INJURED PASSNGR DID NOT COMPLY WITH FASTEN-SEAT-BELTS SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8609
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N8609Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Douglas DC-8-21Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-21Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER
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