Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 09 FEB 1979 |
| Time: | 17:12 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-9-14 |
| Operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | N8910E |
| C/n / msn: | 45771/58 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT), United States of America |
| Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT), United States of America |
The left wing struck the ground during a simulated no. 1 engine failure. The right wing hit the ground and the aircraft crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
copilot - improper operation of flight controls
copilot - lack of familiarity with aircraft
pilot in command - inadequate supervision of flight
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - simulated conditions Sources:
» NTSB File 1-0016
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Distance from Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL to Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL to Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
