# Accident 19950216001889A: Doug DC863, Kansas City, MO, February 16, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1995, 20:27 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IXXA
- Location: 39.1257° N, 94.6111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1257&lon=-94.6111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N782AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N782AL-1997-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 (registry code 302198B, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863
- Reported engine: PWA JT3D7
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA95MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA95MA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950216001889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ATTEMPTED THREE ENGINE TAKEOFF. LOST CONTROL. ABORTED. LACKED SPEED FOR VMCG. PILOT FATIGUE. TRAINING A FACTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA95MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA95MA020), Feb 17, 1995: Douglas DC-8-63 (N782AL), Kansas City, MO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: (1) THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AND HIS DECISION TO CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF AND INITIATE A ROTATION BELOW THE COMPUTED ROTATION AIRSPEED, RESULTING…

## Other reports on N782AL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920214010889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920214010889I), Feb 14, 1992: Doug DC863 (N782AL), Houston, TX, Minor damage. On takeoff aircraft experienced yaw and buffeting. Continued. On landing found NR1 engine forward cowl missing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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