# NTSB UNK64X4120: Douglas DC-8, N8612, San Juan, PR, September 23, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 23, 1964
- Place: San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 99 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181575
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4120
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4120

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0045  64/9/23    SAN JUAN PR         DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1345                    N8612               PX-  0  0 92                            56, 24940 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            2200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERNATIONAL
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            STATIC: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        REMARKS- A/C PUSHED BY TUG AFTER LOADING,MAIN WHEEL ROLLED OVER GROUND CREWMAN WHO USED INADEQUATE CAUTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8612 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: International

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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