Douglas DC-8-61 N8088U

Summary

On 27 May 1982 at about 15:27 local time, a Douglas DC-8-61 registered N8088U, operated by United Airlines Inc., was involved in an incident near Near Goshen, Indiana, United States. 146 people were on board and 17 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 May 1982 at 15:27

Classification

Incident

Location

Near Goshen, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-8-61

Registration

N8088U

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

United Airlines Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Newark → Denver

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82IA098

17 people had minor injuries.

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

THIS AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED UNFORECAST SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURBULANCE (CAT) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL350 NEAR GOSHEN, IN. AS A RESULT OF THE ENCOUNTER, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT WHICH WAS ARRESTED AT 31,500 FEET. A TOTAL OF SEVENTEEN PASSENGERS AND FIVE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND AIRWORTHY. THE ONLY WARNING THAT THE CREW HAD AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF CAT WAS A PIREP, PASSED ON BY THE CENTER CONTROLLER, THAT REPORTED MODERATE OR LESS TURBULANCE IN THE AREA. AFTER THE ENCOUNTER THE FLIGHT CONTINUED UNEVENTFULLY TO DENVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.