Douglas DC-8 N8601

27 April 1969 · No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 27 April 1969 at about 10:55 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8601, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 115 people were on board and 8 were seriously injured, 15 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 April 1969 at 10:55
Classification: Accident
Location: No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N8601
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: San Juan, Pr → Philadelphia, Pa
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0019

People

8 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
115	0	8	15	92

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

RADAR INOPERATIVE. PLT WARNED FLT ATTENDANTS, BUTTHEY DID NOT CHECK PX SEAT BELTS.

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 1-0019, 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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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.