Douglas DC-8 N8015U
15 December 1974 · Las Vegas, Unknown/Not Reported · No injuries
Summary
On 15 December 1974 at about 12:00 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8015U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Las Vegas, Unknown/Not Reported. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:00
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Las Vegas, Unknown/Not Reported
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-8
- Registration
- N8015U
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- United Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- New York, Ny → S
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0026
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
ENCOUNTERED ERRATIC AIRSPEED & MACH INDICATIONS & BUFFETING ON CLIMB AND DESCENT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jan 1974 | Douglas DC-8 | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Feb 1974 | Douglas DC-8 | Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States | Seaboard World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1974 | Douglas DC-8 | Travis Afb, California, United States | Airlift International, Inc. | Fatal | - |
| 7 Feb 1974 | Douglas DC-8 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Other-Foreign Flag Carrier | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 May 1974 | Douglas DC-8 | Jamaica, New York, United States | Other-Foreign Flag Carrier | Fatal | - |
| 21 Oct 1974 | Douglas DC-8 | Seattle, Washington, United States | SAS | Fatal | 1 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Aug 1974 | Beechcraft K35 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | Cooper Clement | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 Nov 1974 | Piper PA-22 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Feb 1974 | Cessna 414 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | Pellet-Air, Ltd | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Feb 1974 | Mooney M20 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 30 Sep 1974 | Grumman G-73 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | U.s.dept Inter | Fatal | 4 |
| 12 Oct 1974 | Beechcraft A36 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | World Air, Ltd. | Fatal | 1 |