# NTSB SEA71AS003: Douglas DC-8, Seattle, WA, July 19, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 19, 1970
- Place: Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 148 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108362
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA71AS003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA71AS003

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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A-0004  70/7/19    SEATTLE,WASH        DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0  9  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 2235                    OYKTF               PX-  0  0139                            UNK/NR, 12947 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 1769 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SEATTLE-TACOMA
        OPERATOR - SAS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          LOS ANGELES,CALIF           OSLO,NORWAY                  SEATTLE,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY
        REMARKS- L WING MAN GAVE SAS MARSHALLER WAVE-OFF ABT TIME L WING HIT R WING OF N8636. ACFT TAXI LTS ON.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: OYKTF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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