- Date
- March 12, 1973
- Place
- Lands End, United Kingdom · LANDS END, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 9 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N801WADouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0021 73/3/12 NR.LANDS END,ENGLAND DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 10 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1118 N801WA PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL PARIS,FRANCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRWAYS FACILITIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- NR MISS.SABENA OO-SRG.HVY TRAFFIC.PRI RADAR INOP.OTR ACFT CONFUSED W N801WA.RPRTD BY BRITISH GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N801WA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage