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| Title: | Crashed short, Delta Air Lines, Inc., DC-8, N802E, New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, Louisiana, March 30, 1967 |
| Micro summary: | This DC-8 crashed short of the runway while executing a two-engine-out simulated landing. |
| Event Time: | 1967-03-20 at 0050 CST |
| File Name: | 1967-03-20-US.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |
| Publishing Country: | USA |
| Report number: | NTSB-AAR-1967-12-20 |
| Pages: | 20 |
| Site of event: | 2300' short, 1100' west Approach to New Orleans RWY 01 |
| Departure: | New Orleans International Airport (Moisant Field), Kenner, Louisiana, USA |
| Destination: | New Orleans International Airport (Moisant Field), Kenner, Louisiana, USA |
| Airplane Type(s): | Douglas DC-8 |
| Flight Phase: | Approach |
| Registration(s): | N802E |
| Operator(s): | Delta Air Lines |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 6 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 0 |
| Other Injuries: | 13 |
| Executive Summary: | Delta Air Lines, Inc., DC-8, N802E, operating as Flight 9877, crashed during a landing approach to Runway 1 at New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, Louisiana, on March 30, 1967. Five crewmembers and an FAA observer were fatally injured. This was a training flight with no passengers aboard; however, impact occurred in a residential area and 13 persons on the ground were also killed. The aircraft, several homes and part of a motel complex were destroyed. The flight had just taken off on Runway 28 at 0043 CST, and. was in the process of executing a simulated two-engine out landing when the crash occurred. me weather at the time was clear skies, visibility five miles, and the wind from 110 degrees at three knots. The Board determines the probable cause of this accident was the improper supervision by the instructor, and the improper use of flight and power controls by both the instructor and the captain-trainee during a simulated two-engine out landing approach, 'which resulted in a loss of control. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Runway Underrun |
| Operations - Training Flight | |
| Consequence - Hull Loss |
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