Douglas DC-8 N8780R

5 March 1965 · Kennedy Intl N Y, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 March 1965 at about 21:13 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8780R, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Kennedy Intl N Y, New York, United States. 84 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 March 1965 at 21:13
Classification: Accident
Location: Kennedy Intl N Y, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Jf Kennedy Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N8780R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
NTSB number: 1-0035

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
84	0	0	0	84

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

NO.4 ENGINE STRUCK RUNWAY DURING CROSSWIND LANDING.SEPARATED FROM PYLON DURING ROLLOUT.

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 1-0035, 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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