Douglas DC-9 N8962E
21 May 1971 · Baltimore, Maryland, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 May 1971 at about 18:46 local time, a Douglas DC-9 registered N8962E, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 51 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:46
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-9
- Registration
- N8962E
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Raleigh, Nc
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0030
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
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
THREADED REGULATOR NIPPLE OF SLIDE CHUTE AIR BOTTLE FAILED. BOTTLE SEPARATED, DMGD FUSELAGE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-9 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | New Haven, Connecticut, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Flushing, New York, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Barbados, Other-Foreign Countries | Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Duarte, California, United States | Hughes Airwest | Fatal | 50 |
| 4 Dec 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |