Douglas DC-9 N8910E

19 December 1974 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 December 1974 at about 20:50 local time, a Douglas DC-9 registered N8910E, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. 63 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: 19 December 1974 at 20:50
Classification: Incident
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Nearest airport: St Paul Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
Registration: N8910E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Montgomery, Ala → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0024

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
63	0	0	0	63

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

ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN PRESSURE CAN.FROZEN, UN EXTND NOSE GR.MFG SVC BULLETIN 53-91 PERTAINS.

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 4-0024, 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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