# NTSB UNK68X0135: Douglas DC-8, N1804, Quito, Ecuador, April 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1968
- Place: Quito, Ecuador · QUITO, Ecuador
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor, 161 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 3, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111619
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK68X0135
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK68X0135

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0064  68/4/23    QUITO,ECUADOR       DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0 13  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0815                    N1804               PX-  0  0151                            56, 22407 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            4530 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - QUITO
        OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF ECUADOR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1804](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1804-2013-11-08), registration cancelled 2013-11-08, S/N 45896, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-8-62](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-62) (registry code 3021970) (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 fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Quito

## Other investigations on N1804 (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 MIA69I0007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69I0007), Aug 5, 1968: Douglas DC-8 (N1804), No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), incident, no 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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