Douglas DC-8 N4903C

18 October 1973 · Spokane, Washington, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 18 October 1973 at about 18:00 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N4903C, operated by Capital International Airways, Inc, was involved in an incident during static near Spokane, Washington, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 October 1973 at 18:00
Classification: Incident
Location: Spokane, Washington, United States
Nearest airport: Spokane Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N4903C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Capital International Airways, Inc
Phase of flight: Static
Route: Montego Bay, Jamaica → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0023

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	1	2

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

ACFT & FUEL TRUCKS IMPROPERLY GROUNDED. ORIGIN OF FIRE UNDETERMINED. OTR CREW & PAX HAD DEPLANED.

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 4-0023, 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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