Douglas DC-8 N785FT

27 July 1970 · Naha Ab, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. · Fatal

Summary

On 27 July 1970 at about 11:36 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N785FT, operated by Flying Tiger Line, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Naha Ab, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 July 1970 at 11:36
Classification: Accident
Location: Naha Ab, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.
Nearest airport: Naha Air Base
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N785FT
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Flying Tiger Line, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Los Angeles, Calif → Da Nang Ab, Viet Nam
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0010

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	0	0	0

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

DSCNT DUE INATTENTION OF CREW TO INST ALT REF WHILE ATMTG VISUAL CTCT.MET COND PRECLUDED SUCH CTC.

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 1-0010, 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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