# NTSB LAX63A0141: Douglas DC-8, N8029U, Bakersfield, CA, January 22, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: January 22, 1963
- Place: Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 minor, 61 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 21, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191348
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX63A0141
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX63A0141

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0021  63/1/22  NR.BAKERSFIELD,CALIF  DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1551                    N8029U              PX-  0  1 57                            47, 20164 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            1805 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- PLT PULLED UP SUDDENLY TO AVOID UNIDENTIFIED JET FIGHTER ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8029U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8029U-1979-08-02), registration cancelled 1979-08-02, S/N 45298 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-8-21](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-21) (registry code 3021906) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

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