# NTSB UNK73X0108: Douglas DC-8, N801WA, Lands End, United Kingdom, March 12, 1973

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: March 12, 1973
- Place: Lands End, United Kingdom · LANDS END, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 24, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173585
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK73X0108
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK73X0108

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0021  73/3/12  NR.LANDS END,ENGLAND  DOUGLAS DC-8        CR-  0  0 10  FERRY                     AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1118                    N801WA              PX-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHICAGO,ILL                 PARIS,FRANCE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRWAYS FACILITIES: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- NR MISS.SABENA OO-SRG.HVY TRAFFIC.PRI RADAR INOP.OTR ACFT CONFUSED W N801WA.RPRTD BY BRITISH GOVT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N801WA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: 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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