Boeing 727 N8124N

7 July 1968 · No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 7 July 1968 at about 18:20 local time, a Boeing 727 registered N8124N, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 103 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: 7 July 1968 at 18:20
Classification: Incident
Location: No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Registration: N8124N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Nassau, Bahamas → Miami, Fla
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0035

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
103	0	0	0	103

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

NR 4 BEARING SUPPORT HOUSING OF NR 1 ENG FAILED.PUNCTURE DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE. LANDED 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 4-0035, 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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28 Jan 1968	Douglas DC8 N818PA	N.atlantic, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.