- Date
- October 22, 1966
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 110 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N808EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121426
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0055 66/10/22 NEW ORLEANS LA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1115 N808E PX- 0 0104 59, 33000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT INTL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT TOUCHDOWN 69 FT SHORT RNWY,SANK 18 INCHES IN SOD THEN LDG GEAR STRUCK 10 INS EXPOSED RNWY LIP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N808E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moisant Intl
N808ERegistration cancelled Oct 21, 2013 · Douglas DC-8-51Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-51Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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