Douglas DC-8 N8034U

21 August 1971 · No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 21 August 1971 at about 13:40 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8034U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 156 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 August 1971 at 13:40
Classification: Incident
Location: No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N8034U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: United Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Freeport, Bahamas → Miami, Fla
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0046

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
156	0	0	0	156

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

STABILIZER DRIVE SPROCKET SHEARED ON SPROCKET ASSY. STAB JAMMED 2 DEG NOSE UP ATTITUDE.

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 4-0046, 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 227 records for this type

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