# NTSB MIA72IM117: Douglas DC-8, N81668, Orlando, FL, May 6, 1972

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 6, 1972
- Place: Orlando, FL · ORLANDO, FL
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 99 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165958
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72IM117
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72IM117

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0028   72/5/6    ORLANDO,FLA         DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1337                    N81668              PX-  0  0 92                            42, 13784 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            772 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCOY AFB
        OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ORLANDO,FLA                UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
        REMARKS- L HRZNTL STBLZR N81668 HIT R ELVTR OF N1300R(MINOR DMG)DURG TAXI FROM PARKING PSN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N81668 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Mccoy Afb

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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