# NTSB UNK62X0101: Douglas DC-8, Bombay, India, July 7, 1962

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 7, 1962
- Place: Bombay, India · BOMBAY, India
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 94 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184835
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK62X0101
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK62X0101

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-0006   62/7/7  NR.BOMBAY INDIA       DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  9  0  0  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME - 2359                    IT1                 PX- 85  0  0
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0
        OPERATOR - ALITALIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        UNDER INVESTIGATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: IT1 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed

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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