# NTSB UNK64X0687: Douglas DC-8, N8607, New Orleans, LA, February 25, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 25, 1964
- Place: New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 58 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113631
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0687
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0687

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0006  64/2/25  NR.NEW ORLEANS LA     DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  7  0  0  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0206                    N8607               PX- 51  0  0                            47, 19160 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            916 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DRIVE SYSTEM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      46
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
           20                                                       12
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      IFR
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN WITH DISI  NTEGRATING FORCE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8607](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8607-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 45428 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8) (registry code 3021901) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed

## Other investigations on N8607 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA64I0081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA64I0081), Feb 17, 1964: Douglas DC-8B (N8607), San Juan, PR, incident, minor damage

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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