# NTSB UNK64X1624: Douglas DC-8, N804E, Kress City, TX, May 5, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 5, 1964
- Place: Kress City, TX · KRESS CITY, TX
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 6 minor, 55 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 12, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184115
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1624
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1624

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N804E-2015-03-12), registration cancelled 2015-03-12, S/N 45411, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-8-51](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-51) (registry code 3021920) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (registry code 52039, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: 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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