- Date
- September 22, 1975
- Place
- Texico Vortac, TX · TEXICO VORTAC, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 109 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N808EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150357
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0028 75/9/22 TEXICO VORTAC,TX DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1446 N808E PX- 0 1103 52, 19500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN FRANCISCO,CA CHICAGO,IL NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- ENCNTRD WAKE TURBC FROM L-1011 WHICH CROSSED VORTAC AT APRX SAME ALT ABT 3 MIN PRIOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N808E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N808ERegistration cancelled Oct 21, 2013 · Douglas DC-8-51Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-51Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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