Douglas DC-8 N8764

27 April 1969 · Over Cuba, Other-Foreign Countries · Serious injuries

Summary

On 27 April 1969 at about 13:45 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8764, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Over Cuba, Other-Foreign Countries. 191 people were on board and 6 were seriously injured, 17 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 April 1969 at 13:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Over Cuba, Other-Foreign Countries
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N8764
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Boston, Mass → Jamaica, Bwi
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0018

People

6 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
191	0	6	17	168

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

PLT GAVE CREW AND PX AMPLE WARNING BUT DID NOT SLOW ACFT TO COMPANY MAX TSTM PENETRATION A/S.

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 1-0018, 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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20 Jul 1969	Douglas DC-8 N4909C	New Castle, Delaware, United States no coordinates	Capital International Airways, Inc	No injuries	-
22 Mar 1969	Douglas DC-8 N7181C	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	Serious injuries	-

All 227 records for this type

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25 Feb 1969	Beechcraft D18 N9035	Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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All 247 records in Other-Foreign Countries