# Final NTSB investigations: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-61

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DCA97MA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97MA059.md): Douglas DC-8-61 · Miami, FL · Accident · 5 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Aug 7, 1997 · N27UA · Destroyed
  > The airplane being misloaded to produce a more aft center of gravity and a correspondingly incorrect stabilizer trim setting that precipitated an extreme pitch-up at rotation, was (1) the failure of Fine Air to exercise operational control over the cargo…
- [NTSB MIA97IA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97IA206.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 · Miami, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1997 · N27UA · Minor damage
  > failure of the right main landing gear cylinder due to stress corrosion.
- [NTSB NYC94LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA062.md): Douglas DC-8-61 · Covington, KY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 15, 1994 · N817CK · No damage
  > The captain's improper decision to conduct flight at high altitude in an unpressurized airplane, which resulted in his incapacition from depressurization sickness. A factor related to the accident was: maintenance personnel failed to properly secure the…
- [NTSB CHI92IA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92IA260.md): Douglas DC-8-61 · Morton Grove, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1992 · N845AX · Minor damage
  > Failure of the right main landing gear door actuator.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."completionStatus" = 'Completed'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('302195B'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=302195B&status=final

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