Douglas DC8 N818PA

28 January 1968 · N.atlantic, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 28 January 1968, a Douglas DC8 registered N818PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near N.atlantic, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 64 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 January 1968
Classification: Accident
Location: N.atlantic, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC8
Registration: N818PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0053

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
64	0	1	2	61

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

PX SAID HAD SEAT BELT FASTENED LOOSELY, NO INSTRUCTIONS.CREW SAID SEAT BLT SIGN ON ANNCMENT MADE.

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 1-0053, 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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Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 113 Douglas DC8 10 1968 5,267

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Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
25 Jan 1968	Douglas DC-8 N4904C	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Sep 1968	Piper PA-22 N3537P	Z, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 May 1968	Cessna 172 N1483F	Grand Turk Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
10 Nov 1968	Piper PA-32 N5589J	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Dixon Co	No injuries	-
3 Dec 1968	Piper PA-28 N9775W	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Ocean County A	No injuries	-
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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.