Douglas DC-8 N911CL

2 October 1977 · Shannon Arpt, Europe · Serious injuries

Summary

On 2 October 1977 at about 23:19 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N911CL, operated by Capitol Airways, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Shannon Arpt, Europe. 259 people were on board and 17 were seriously injured, 21 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 October 1977 at 23:19
Classification: Accident
Location: Shannon Arpt, Europe
Nearest airport: Shannon Arpt
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N911CL
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Capitol Airways
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Windsor Locks, Ct, Usa
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 1-0019

People

17 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
259	0	17	21	221

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

INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF IRELAND.

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 1-0019, 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.

Also in

Europe 74 Capitol Airways 11 Douglas DC-8 227 1977 4,469

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Jan 1977	Douglas DC-8 N904CL	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Capitol Airways	Serious injuries	-
26 Apr 1977	Douglas DC-8 N8093U	Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 May 1977	Douglas DC-8 N810BN	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Jan 1977	Douglas DC-8 N787FT	Moses Lake, Washington, United States no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Jan 1977	Douglas DC-8 JA8054	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Fatal	5
21 Feb 1977	Douglas DC-8 N1302L	Jamacia, New York, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 227 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Mar 1977	Boeing 747 PH-BUP	Tenerife, Europe no coordinates	KLM	Fatal	574
24 Mar 1977	Boeing 747 N747PA	London, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airlines	No injuries	-
9 Jun 1977	Boeing 727 N329PA	Berlin, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
27 Mar 1977	Boeing 747 N736PA	Tenerife, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	574
12 Nov 1976	Piper PA-31T HB-LHT	Shannon Arpt, Europe no coordinates	Aeroleasing SA	Fatal	5
24 Apr 1976	Boeing 707 N8738	Paris, Europe no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 74 records in Europe