Douglas DC-8 N8603
9 November 1963 · Houston, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 9 November 1963 at about 15:02 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8603, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Houston, Texas, United States. 128 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 15 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:02
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-8
- Registration
- N8603
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0013
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 111 |
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
DEGRADATION OF LONGITUDINAL STABILITY OF ACFT DUE PARTIAL EXTENDED PTC AND A.N.D.TRIM.NO.3 ENG SEP
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Bakersfield, California, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Tampa, Florida, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jun 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Norfolk, Virginia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 1963 | Douglas DC-8 | Lakeland, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jan 1963 | Vickers 810 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 8 |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 16 Feb 1963 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Zantop Air Transport | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1963 | Fairchild F-27 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | West Coast Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |