Douglas DC-8 N787FT

18 April 1972 · Newark, New Jersey, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 April 1972 at about 20:34 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N787FT, operated by Flying Tiger Line, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Newark, New Jersey, United States. 3 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: 18 April 1972 at 20:34
Classification: Incident
Location: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Nearest airport: Newark
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N787FT
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Flying Tiger Line, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0027

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

RMG WOULDNT RETRACT DUE FAILURE OF ACTUATOR RETRACT PIN. DIVERTED TO JFK AND LND OK.

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 4-0027, 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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