Douglas DC-8 N4904C

25 January 1968 · No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 25 January 1968 at about 02:07 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N4904C, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 191 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 January 1968 at 02:07
Classification: Accident
Location: No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N4904C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: New York, Ny → San Juan, Pr
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0068

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
191	0	2	3	186

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

WEA PROG CHART INACCURATE AS TO LOCATION OF CB CLOUDS AND TURB INTENSITY. RADAR DIDNT SHOW RETURN.

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 1-0068, 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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All 227 records for this type

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