- Date
- September 17, 1969
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 84 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8008DDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0056 69/9/17 DALLAS,TEX DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0821 N8008D PX- 0 0 77 49, 17900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3425 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVE OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- L GR LOWER LUG OF FWD BOGIE BEAM FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8008D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Love
N8008DRegistration cancelled May 4, 2015 · Douglas DC-8-51Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-51Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
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