Douglas DC-8 N8639

Summary

On 17 February 1974 at about 20:31 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8639, operated by Seaboard World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 February 1974 at 20:31

Classification

Incident

Location

Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-8

Registration

N8639

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

4

Operator

Seaboard World Airlines, Inc.

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

New York, Ny → London, England

Aircraft damage

None

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

4-0004

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

TOXIC FUMES BELIEVED EMANATING FM CARGO.NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE OR FUMES FOUND.C/P ILL BEFORE FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.