Douglas DC-8 N6162A

20 April 1970 · N. Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · Serious injuries

Summary

On 20 April 1970 at about 14:00 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N6162A, operated by Airlift International, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near N. Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. 210 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured, 10 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 April 1970 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: N. Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N6162A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Airlift International, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Saigon, S. Vietnam → Yokota, Japan
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0013

People

3 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
210	0	3	10	197

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 WAS STEERING AROUND BUILD UPS SHOWING ON ACFT RADAR. CREW GAVE ADEQUATE WARNING OF TURBULENCE.

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 1-0013, 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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Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 50 Airlift International, Inc. 18 Douglas DC-8 227 1970 4,980

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27 May 1970	Douglas DC-8 N8028U	Goodland, Kansas, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
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