Boeing 727 N458DA

15 January 1980 · Miami, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 January 1980 at about 00:22 local time, a Boeing 727 registered N458DA, operated by Braniff Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Miami, Florida, United States. 45 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: 15 January 1980 at 00:22
Classification: Incident
Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Miami Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Registration: N458DA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Braniff Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Detroit, Mi → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 4-0004

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
45	0	0	0	45

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

RVR RWY27 REPORTED 6000FT.ENCOUNTERED FOG AFTR TOUCHDOWN, ABORTED LDG.

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 4-0004, 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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