# NTSB LAX66A0036: Douglas DC-8, N8006U, San Diego, CA, October 15, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 15, 1965
- Place: San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 118 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 4, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176297
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66A0036
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66A0036

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0062  65/10/15   SAN DIEGO,CALIF.    DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0  7  MILITARY CTR PASSG DOM    AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0618                    N8006U              PX-  0  0111                            49, 18500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1297 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - USNS NORTH ISLAND
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN
        REMARKS- SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE PARKED USN F4G AIRCRAFT BU.NO.150636
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8006U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8006U-1981-11-12), registration cancelled 1981-11-12, S/N 45283, built 1959 (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)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt4a-3-5ser) (registry code 52037, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Usns North Island

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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