Aviation Crash Map

Douglas DC-8 N8032U

28 March 1965 · Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 March 1965 at about 05:58 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8032U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States. 63 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 05:58
Classification
Incident
Location
Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Douglas DC-8
Registration
N8032U
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
4
Phase of flight
In Flight
Aircraft damage
None
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
4-0012

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

INADVERTENT EXTENSION OF PTC DURING INITIAL DESC

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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