Douglas DC8-63 N8635SW

23 July 1969 · N.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · Serious injuries

Summary

On 23 July 1969 at about 11:50 local time, a Douglas DC8-63 registered N8635SW, operated by Seaboard World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near N.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. 229 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 6 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 July 1969 at 11:50
Classification: Accident
Location: N.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC8-63
Registration: N8635SW
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Seaboard World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Tacoma, Wash → Cam Ranh, S Vietnam
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0038

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
229	0	2	6	221

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

TCU AND CU IN AREA.FLT ENCTRD CHOP APRX 2 MIN BFR HARD GUSTS.SEAT BELT SIGN TURNED ON TOO LATE.

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 1-0038, 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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