Douglas DC-8 N8089U

29 December 1980 · Phoenix, Arizona, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 29 December 1980 at about 17:17 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8089U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Phoenix, Arizona, United States. 247 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 22 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 December 1980 at 17:17
Classification: Accident
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Sky Harbor Intnl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N8089U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: United Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Columbus, Oh
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0014

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
247	0	2	22	223

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

STRESS CORROSION FATIGUE FAILURE OF R MAIN GR BOGIE BEAM P/N5774700-500.PAX/CREW EVACUATED.

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 1-0014, 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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