# NTSB DCA93RA060: Douglas DC-8-61, N814CK, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, August 18, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 1 · Foreign
- Date: August 18, 1993, 16:56 local (20:56 UTC)
- Place: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Report: Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- Investigation class: Class 1
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 10977
- NTSB case page: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA93RA060.aspx
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/10977/pdf
- Board report AAR9404 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9404.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA93RA060

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue(flight and ground schedule), flightcrew (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue(lack of sleep), flightcrew (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue(circadian rhythm), flightcrew (contributing factor)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - inadequate training, flightcrew (contributing factor)
  - airport/facilities - inoperative
  - communications/information/atc - inadequate, other government personnel (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N814CK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N814CK-1993-09-27), registration cancelled 1993-09-27, S/N 46127 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8-61
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-8-61](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-61) (registry code 3021952) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 43947
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: American International Airways
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: NFK, NORFOLK, VA
- Destination: NAS
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: NAS, Nas Guantanamo Bay, runway 10, 8,000 × 200 ft, concrete

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: NAS

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930818037269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930818037269A), Aug 18, 1993: Doug DC861, Nassau, Bahamas, Destroyed. Stalled and crashed turning low slow steep final. PIC fatigued due 18HR duty. Failed AD power stick shaker active.

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.

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