Douglas DC-8-73 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 18, 2026
There are 5 Douglas DC-8-73 airframes on record (built 1969–1970), 2 currently registered. 1 has one or more NTSB accident records (1 records total). Data as of Jul 18, 2026.
Recent Douglas DC-8-73 accidents
Failure of the NLG cylinder occurred by intergranular rupture; coincidental to a chrome plating crack. The failure origin occurred along the inner surface of the cylinder and then propagated by stress corrosion cracking to the outer surface. A secondary crack with the same features as the primary crack was found diagonal to the primary crack. Both cracks initiated by intergranular cracking due to grinding burns caused by abusive grinding and propagated by stress corrosion cracking. Hydrogen embrittlement did not contribute to the intergranular cracking.