Douglas DC-10 N54629

27 May 1978 · Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes · Serious injuries

Summary

On 27 May 1978 at about 00:40 local time, a Douglas DC-10 registered N54629, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during in flight near Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes. 179 people were on board and 5 were seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 May 1978 at 00:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
Registration: N54629
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: B-0001

People

5 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
179	0	5	0	174

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 B-0001, 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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Other Douglas DC-10 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 May 1978	Douglas DC-10 N68054	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Aug 1978	Douglas DC-10 N1829U	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Mar 1978	Douglas DC-10 N68045	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	2
8 Aug 1978	Douglas DC-10 N102AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
11 Apr 1978	Douglas DC-10 RPC-2003	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Philippine Airlines	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1979	Douglas DC-10 N1872U	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 77 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Jun 1977	Dornier 28A1 N96155	Kusaie Isl, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes no coordinates	PAC Missionary	Minor injuries	-
11 Feb 1976	Beechcraft H18 N1900G	Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes no coordinates	Flight Service	Fatal	1
16 Feb 1972	Piper PA-28 N1959T	Off Fire Isle, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes no coordinates	Metropolitan A	Fatal	1
7 Feb 1969	Boeing 707 N414PA	So.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
6 Mar 1966	Lockheed 1049A N6901C	Canete Peru, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes no coordinates	Lineas Aerea P	No injuries	-
6 Oct 1966	Bell 47G3B1 N73288	Manta Ecuador, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes no coordinates	M.g.a. Corp.	No injuries	-

All 8 records in Pacific Ocean South Latitudes