Douglas DC-8 N6163A

Summary

On 15 May 1970 at about 19:58 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N6163A, operated by Airlift International, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Houston, Texas, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 May 1970 at 19:58

Classification

Incident

Location

Houston, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Houston Intl

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-8

Registration

N6163A

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

4

Operator

Airlift International, Inc.

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Dallas, Tex → Miami, Fla

Aircraft damage

None

Weather

VMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

4-0075

Nobody was injured.

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

RWY LENGTH OK PER FLT MAN.LTR TESTS INDC HIGH WET/DRY STOPPING DIST RATIO.ACFT RAN OFF RWY END.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.