Douglas DC-8 N8615
30 August 1967 · Cocoa, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 30 August 1967 at about 18:30 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8615, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Cocoa, Florida, United States. 111 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Cocoa, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-8
- Registration
- N8615
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 1-0039
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 106 |
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
PLT FAILED TO DIVERT AROUND CLOUDS ON ADVICE OF GRND RADAR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 1967 | Douglas DC-8 | Detroit, Michigan, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Oct 1967 | Douglas DC-8 | Jacksonville, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 1967 | Douglas DC-8 | N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1967 | Douglas DC-8 | Herndon Va, Virginia, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Apr 1967 | Douglas DC-8 | Jamaica, New York, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 6 Mar 1967 | Douglas DC-8 | Port of Spain Wi, Other-Foreign Countries | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar 1967 | Boeing B-720 | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1967 | Piper PA-23 | San Mateo Calif, California, United States | Air, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Jul 1967 | Cessna 150 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | Alpine Aviatio | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 1967 | Cessna 172E | Ea.hampton, Connecticut, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1967 | Cessna 172 | Matagorda Is. Tex, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 25 Jan 1967 | Cessna 150 | Sapphire, North Carolina, United States | Executive Avia | No injuries | - |