Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 28 APR 1968 |
| Time: | 05:23 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-31 |
| Operator: | Capitol Airways |
| Registration: | N1802 |
| C/n / msn: | 45277/94 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT4A- |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (ACY) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (ACY/KACY), United States of America |
| Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (ACY/KACY), United States of America |
A go-around was initiated in critical attitude and airspeed configuration during an attempted two-engine touch-and-go landing. With full power on no. 1 and no. 2 engines and idle power on no. 3 and 4 the DC-8 rolled and yawed right and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - simulated conditions
dual student - improper operation of powerplant & powerplant controls
dual student - spontaneous-improper action
partial power loss - partial loss of power - 2 engines Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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Distance from Atlantic City International Airport, NJ to Atlantic City International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Atlantic City International Airport, NJ to Atlantic City International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
