- Date
- May 5, 1964
- Place
- Kress City, TX · KRESS CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 6 minor, 55 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N804EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184115
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0007 64/5/5 KRESS CITY TEXAS DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2115 N804E PX- 0 0 54 43, 17450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 560 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N804E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
N804ERegistration cancelled Mar 12, 2015 · Douglas DC-8-51Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-51Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
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