- Date
- July 23, 1969
- Place
- N.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · N.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 6 minor, 221 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8635SWDouglas DC8-63
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173592
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0038 69/7/23 N.PACIFIC OCEAN DOUGLAS DC8-63 CR- 0 2 8 MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1150 N8635SW PX- 0 0219 44, 13675 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TACOMA,WASH CAM RANH,S VIETNAM ANDERSON AFB GUAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- TCU AND CU IN AREA.FLT ENCTRD CHOP APRX 2 MIN BFR HARD GUSTS.SEAT BELT SIGN TURNED ON TOO LATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8635SW
- Reported as
- Douglas DC8-63
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage