Douglas DC-8 N8613

1 October 1967 · Jacksonville, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 1 October 1967 at about 11:15 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8613, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Jacksonville, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 113 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 7 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 October 1967 at 11:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Jacksonville, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N8613
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0041

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
113	0	1	7	105

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

FAILURE OF PX TO REMAIN IN SEAT, FASTEN SEAT BELTS, AFTER BEING ALERTED BY CREW. SEAT BELT SIGN ON.

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 1-0041, 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.

Also in

Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 205 Douglas DC-8 227 1967 6,392

Other Douglas DC-8 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 Jun 1967	Douglas DC-8 N2621U	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
30 Aug 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8615	Cocoa, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Aug 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8610	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
19 Jan 1967	Douglas DC-8 N816PA	Herndon Va, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Apr 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8612	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Mar 1967	Douglas DC-8 N806PA	Port of Spain Wi, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 227 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 Feb 1967	Cessna 180H N4749U	Nassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Thomco Ltd.	Minor injuries	-
18 Feb 1967	Piper PA-24 N8801P	Elevthera, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
2 Dec 1967	Beechcraft D18S N90560	Freeport, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Sun Air Servic	No injuries	-
5 Mar 1967	Piper PA-32 N4101W	Mayaguana Is. Bwi, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Aviation Assoc	Minor injuries	-
21 Mar 1967	Beechcraft C-45 N213X	St.maarten, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Oct 1967	Lake LA-4 N1113L	Bimini, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.