- Date
- October 16, 1969
- Place
- Stockton, CA · STOCKTON, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8634Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1970
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0058 69/10/16 STOCKTON,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 5 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1445 N8634 PX- 0 0 0 49, 19308 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1747 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STOCKTON MUNI OPERATOR - SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS-FALSE GRND SPOILER POSITION INDICATION. FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- T/O WRNG HORN MALFUNCTIONED. STRUCK ROAD BED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8634
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stockton Muni
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