Douglas DC-8 JA8032

22 November 1968 · S.francisco, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 November 1968 at about 01:24 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered JA8032, operated by Japan Airlines, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near S.francisco, California, United States. 107 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 November 1968 at 01:24
Classification: Accident
Location: S.francisco, California, United States
Nearest airport: S.francisco Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: JA8032
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Japan Airlines
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Tokyo, Japan → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: A-0002

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
107	0	0	0	107

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

IMPROP APPLICATION OF PRO TO EXECUTE AUTO-COUPLED ILS APCH.LACK FAMIL, INFRQT OPNS FLT DIR-AUTO-PLT

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 A-0002, 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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