# NTSB UNK64X4204: Douglas DC-6, N90885, New Orleans, LA, September 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 29, 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 48 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 16, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180573
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4204
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4204

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0053  64/9/29    NEW ORLEANS LA      DOUGLAS DC-6        CR-  0  0  5  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1705                    N90885              PX-  0  0 43                            56, 24772 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            1706 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT INTL
        OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N90885](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90885-1966-02-25), registration cancelled 1966-02-25, S/N 43109 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-6
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6) (registry code 3021702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Moisant Intl

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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