Boeing B-727 N8101N

5 March 1966 · Miami Fla, Florida, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 5 March 1966 at about 15:59 local time, a Boeing B-727 registered N8101N, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Miami Fla, Florida, United States. 103 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 March 1966 at 15:59
Classification: Accident
Location: Miami Fla, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Miami Intnl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing B-727
Registration: N8101N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0049

People

3 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
103	0	0	3	100

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

R.MAIN GR DOOR STUCK OPEN, SEQUENCE VALVE MISRIGGED.IMPROPER EMERG GR EXT.INTENTIONAL GEAR-UP LNDG

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0049, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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