Douglas DC-4 N1866C
8 August 1967 · San Antonio, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 August 1967 at about 09:35 local time, a Douglas DC-4 registered N1866C, operated by US Border Patr, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near San Antonio, Texas, United States. 4 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
- at 09:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- San Antonio Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-4
- Registration
- N1866C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- US Border Patr
- Operating rule
- Federal-Public Aircraft
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 2-0547
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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
RETRACTION TESTS AND COMPONENT DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY GEAR MALFUNCTION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan 1968 | Douglas DC-4 | Managua, Other-Foreign Countries | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 1966 | Douglas DC-4 | Ft Lauderdale Fla, Florida, United States | Joseph Cotler | No injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 1969 | Douglas DC-4 | Enugu, Africa | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1969 | Douglas DC-4 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | US Airways Inc | Fatal | 3 |
| 17 Nov 1964 | Douglas DC-4 | Tangra Greece, Europe | FAA | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1964 | Douglas DC-4 | Boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
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 | - |