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NYC69A0054

1968-01-28 · N.ATLANTIC, Atlantic Ocean, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N818PA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-7, built 2007), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
DOUGLAS DC8 · N818PA
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D1

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
20,384

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CTIONS.CREW SAID SEAT BLT SIGN ON ANNCMENT MADE.

Investigator remarks

PX SAID HAD SEAT BELT FASTENED LOOSELY,NO INSTRU

Cause factors

  • 82/A/K A
    WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/K4 A
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0053. Source file NTSB_1968_1_0053.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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