Douglas DC-8 N4909C

Summary

On 27 November 1970 at about 17:05 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N4909C, operated by Capital International Airways, Inc, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 229 people were on board and 47 died, 49 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 November 1970 at 17:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Anchorage Intl

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-8

Registration

N4909C

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

4

Operator

Capital International Airways, Inc

Phase of flight

Takeoff

Route

S → C Ranh Bay, Viet Nam

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

1-0025

47 people died.

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

PRES SUF TO LOCK WHLS IMPARTED, SOURCE NOT DTRMD.MISC-FAILURE OF ALL WHEELS TO ROTATE DRG TKOF RUN

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.