Boeing 720 N8706E
30 August 1962 · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 August 1962 at about 09:27 local time, a Boeing 720 registered N8706E, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. 43 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:27
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Moisant
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 720
- Registration
- N8706E
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Boston, Mass → Houston, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0044
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
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
UNDERSHOT LDG. GR STRUCK 9 INCH HI CONCRETE RWY LIP.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 720 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 1962 | Boeing 720 | Albany, New York, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1962 | Boeing 720B | Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 21 Sep 1962 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1962 | Boeing 720 | Portland, Oregon, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |
| 6 Nov 1963 | Boeing 720 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1962 | Armstrong AW-650 | Rome, New York, United States | Capitol Airways | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1962 | Sud Avn SE 210 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1962 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46R | Miami, Florida, United States | Riddle Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 1962 | Grumman G-21A | Avalon Bay, California, United States | Avalon Air Transport, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1962 | Martin 404 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Piedmont Aviation, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Jul 1962 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Vandenburg Ab, California, United States | Zantop Air Transport | No injuries | - |