Douglas DC-8 N8037U
28 July 1963 · Des Moines, Iowa, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 28 July 1963 at about 19:45 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8037U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Des Moines, Iowa, United States. 57 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-8
- Registration
- N8037U
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- United Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 1-0044
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
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
FLT BETWEEN CLOUD BUILDUPS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Houston, Texas, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Bakersfield, California, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Tampa, Florida, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jun 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Norfolk, Virginia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Lakeland, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jan 1963 | Vickers 810 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 8 |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 16 Feb 1963 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Zantop Air Transport | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1963 | Fairchild F-27 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | West Coast Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |