ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328664
| Date: | Friday 9 February 1979 |
| Time: | 17:12 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-9-14 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | N8910E |
| MSN: | 45771/58 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT/KTNT) |
| Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT/KTNT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File 1-0016
Location
Images:
photo (c) J Ransom; Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT); March 1979
photo (c) J Ransom; Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT); March 1979
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Atlanta Airport, GA (ATL); February 1978
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