# NTSB DIA67I0006: Douglas DC-8, N816PA, Herndon, VA, January 19, 1967

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1967
- Place: Herndon, VA · HERNDON, VA
- Location: 38.9704° N, 77.3871° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Herndon, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9704&lon=-77.3871&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 82 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118289
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA67I0006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA67I0006

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0002  67/1/19    HERNDON VA          DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0  9  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1725                    N816PA              PX-  0  1 73                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- PASSENGER INJURED BACK USING EMERGENCY ESCAPE CHUTE AFTER PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N816PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Dulles Intl

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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