Douglas DC-8 N821E

20 August 1973 · Belle Glade, Florida, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 20 August 1973 at about 16:40 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N821E, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Belle Glade, Florida, United States. 81 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: 20 August 1973 at 16:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Belle Glade, Florida, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N821E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Los Angeles, Calif → San Juan, Pr
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0021

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
81	0	1	0	80

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.

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 1-0021, 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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