# NTSB OAK72AP032: Douglas DC8-61, N8099U, Hilo, HI, March 3, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: March 3, 1972
- Place: Hilo, HI · HILO, HI
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 6 minor, 122 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72AP032
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72AP032

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0024   72/3/3    HILO,HAWAII         DOUGLAS DC8-61      CR-  0  0 10  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2323                    N8099U              PX-  0  1118                            51, 24950 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            8470 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL LYMAN FLD
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HILO,HAWAII                 LOS ANGELES,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- PSGR FELL FM SLIDE TWISTED BY JET EXHST.UNEC & UNCOORD EVAC INITD BY STWD OVRREACTG TO ENG TORCH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8099U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC8-61
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: General Lyman Fld

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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