# NTSB investigations: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63

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 DCA02WA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA02WA057.md): Douglas DC-8-63 · Gander, Newfndl, Canada · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Sep 10, 2002 · N441J · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA97MA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97MA016.md): Douglas DC-8-63F · Narrows, VA · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Dec 22, 1996 · N827AX · Destroyed
  > the inappropriate control inputs applied by the flying pilot during a stall recovery attempt, the failure of the nonflying pilot-in-command to recognize, address, and correct these inappropriate control inputs, and the failure of ABX to establish a formal…
- [NTSB DCA95MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA95MA020.md): Douglas DC-8-63 · Kansas City, MO · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Feb 17, 1995 · N782AL · Destroyed
  > (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 in a premature liftoff, further loss of control and collision…
- [NTSB BFO93IA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93IA176.md): Douglas DC-8-63 · Toledo, OH · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 15, 1993 · N870BX · Minor damage
  > The operator maintenance personnel's failure to perform an adequate inspection of the airplane, which led to a worn aileron cable which separated in flight and caused a loss of control.
- [NTSB CHI89MA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89MA132.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC8-63F · Vandalia, OH · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1989 · N950R · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the left main landing gear, bogie trim cylinder, and malfunction of the emergency airbrake control valve.
- [NTSB NYC87MA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87MA236.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 · Newburgh, NY · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1987 · N951R · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The wx was deteriorating as airborne express flt 124 & rosenbalm flt 074 were on successive arrivals for an ILS rwy 9 apch. Flt 124 was clrd for the apch & lndd. After lndg, the LCL ctlr (l/c) instructed flt 124 to back taxi on the rwy & rprt when clr of the…
- [NTSB DCA86RA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA86RA010.md): Douglas DC-8-63 · Gander, Canada · Accident · 256 fatal · Foreign investigation · Dec 12, 1985 · N950JW

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('302198B'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=302198B

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