Douglas DC-9 N8943E
4 December 1971 · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 4 December 1971 at about 13:46 local time, a Douglas DC-9 registered N8943E, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. 27 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:46
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Raleigh-Durham
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-9
- Registration
- N8943E
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Miami, Fla → Washington, Dc
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0021
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
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
INADEQUACY OF ATC FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN TERMINAL AREA.DC-9 DESCENDED ONTO CESSNA.
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 | - |
| 21 May 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Baltimore, Maryland, 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 |
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 | - |