Douglas DC-8 N2578

10 October 1970 · Barstow, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 10 October 1970 at about 12:55 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N2578, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Barstow, California, United States. 128 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 October 1970 at 12:55
Classification: Incident
Location: Barstow, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N2578
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: United Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Chicago, Ill → Los Angeles, Calif
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0055

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
128	0	0	1	127

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

ENCTRD CAT 28000FT, CAPT TURNED SEAT BELT SIGN ON, ANNCD TURB BY PA SYS.STEWARDESS IN AISLE AT TIME.

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 4-0055, 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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