Douglas DC-8 N8975U

26 July 1971 · No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · Serious injuries

Summary

On 26 July 1971 at about 20:52 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8975U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. 163 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 July 1971 at 20:52
Classification: Accident
Location: No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N8975U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: United Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Yokota, Japan → Wake Island
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0034

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
163	0	1	0	162

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

WEA RADAR DIDNT SHOW RETURN. FLT ABOVE BROKEN TOOCST DECK.

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 1-0034, 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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