The mcdonnell douglas dc 9 initially the douglas dc 9 is a singleaisle airliner designed by the douglas aircraft company. It has a maximum payload of 27,400 kg and a fuel tank capacity of 23,393 us gal. The accident aircraft was a mcdonnell douglas dc 8 62 with serial number 45822 and line number 270. On august 7, 1997, at 1236 eastern daylight time, a douglas dc 8 61, n27ua, operated by fine airlines inc. Served ual from march 1968 until september 1990, being converted to series 71 in july 1983. Mcdonnell douglas initiated a reengining program of super 60 series aircraft with cfm international cfm56 engines in the early 1980s, known as the super 70 series. After a pause of one to two seconds, the rotation was to be continued to 11 to 12. A douglas dc 8 broke the sound barrier on 21 august 1960 in a controlled dive through 41,000 feet and reached a speed of mach 1. Douglas dc s63,n782al kansas city international airport kansas city, missouri february 16,199s 1. This manuals and blueprints are not meant to be used for current update. This item is sold for historical and reference only. Only the first ten pages on 324 are available for nonregistered users. The event occurred at whiteside county airport, ksqi, illinois.
A freighter variant of the dc 8 was available also. This performance experience includes a wide range of pavement strengths and loadingsfrom thin pavements serving light civil aircraft at. Feb 08, 2006 company flight 7, a mcdonnell douglas dc 8 71f, n748up, landed at its destination airport, philadelphia international airport, philadelphia, pennsylvania, after a cargo smoke indication in the cockpit. With comparable speeds and overlap in passenger capacity, the two aircraft were rivals with one another fighting intensely for airline customers. The douglas dc 7 was the last major piston aircraft produced by the douglas aircraft company. The super 63 meanwhile combined the dc 8 61s fuselage with the dc 8 62s wings. On 11 december 1985, arrow air flight mf1285r, a douglas dc 8 63, u.
A douglas dc8 flight operating manual from american international airways, dated may10, 1999. The performance of existing pavements on both civil and military airfields. Provides maintenance inspection notes which can be used for the maintenance support program for certain structural parts of the dc 8 series aircraft. The aircraft operating manual aom describes a takeoff technique which takes into account the extended fuselage of the dc 8 series 60 aircraft. With 556 dc8s produced against 1,032 boeing 707720s, it is interesting to note that by 2002, 200 dc8s were still in active commercial service against 80 707720s. Kennedy international airport at jamaica, new york. In the decade following its maiden flight, the dc8 established commercial transport world records for speed. Dc 7b increased gross weight and increased fuel capacity. Initiating a crash program, douglas succeeded in flying the first dc8 three years after the project began. Douglas dc8 aircraft flight manual united airlines. Douglas aircraft letter to all dc8 operators, dated. Douglas dc 6 and c118 nos 1 and 2 a more powerful, stretched and pressurised version of the dc 4, the dc 6 first flew in 1946, initially as a military transport designated xc112a.
Douglas dc 8 63 n950jw gander international airport, newfoundland 12 december 1985 report number 85h50902 civil aviation. Fine air as flight 101, crashed after takeoff from runway 27r at miami international airport, miami, florida. The mcdonnell douglas dc 8 is a fourengine, longrange, and narrow body jet aircraft created for commercial use. Sverre viking had flown 6,948 hours as of january 7 and had met all maintenance. Dc 10 flight crew operating manual please register or sign in if you want to access the full document. Since august 1987, nasa has been operating a douglas dc872 aircraft nasa.
Dc 4 fuselage stored in maryland february 10, 2019. Douglas dc 8 63 n950jw gander international airport, newfoundland 12 december 1985 report number 85h50902 synopsis the aircraft was on an international charter flight from cairo, egypt to fort campbell, u. The douglas dc8 is a narrowbody airliner built by the american douglas aircraft company. Manufactured by mcdonnell douglas under the dc 8 family, the dc 8 61 is equipped for higher capacity and medium range. In terms of a single point failure, the accident is an important case study.
I shot this picture from 300 feet above, sunday, july 25th, 2010 celebrating the douglas dc 3 75th anniversary reunion. It was then registered as lnmod, but as sas already had a douglas dc 7 with that registration, it was reregistered as lnmoo. Douglas dc 8 aircraft flight manual united airlines. The douglas aircraft company was founded by donald douglas on july 22, 1921 in california after the collapse of the davis douglas company. Redesign and retrofit of elevator controls called for on dc8.
Jul 12, 2016 a copy of the douglas dc 4 c54b dc operating manual from resort airlines, dated april 15, 1951. The douglas dc8 the aircraft that helped delta into the. The three flightcrew members and one security guard on board were killed, and a motorist was killed on the ground. Aug 07, 1997 on august 7, 1997, at 1236 eastern daylight time, a douglas dc 8 61, n27ua, operated by fine airlines inc. Ac 2078 cancelled maintenance inspection notes for. The design methods presented in this manual are based on knowledge from the following sources. Mcdonnell douglas dc8 freighters general arrangement. The dc 8 was officially launched in 1955 and first flew in 1959 but never achieved the sales success of its rival.
Michael oleary visited the airport in july 2018 and reported that folks at the field were of the opinion that it will fly out once the owner arrives with four qecs. The douglas dc8 was an american pistonengined airliner project by douglas aircraft. The douglas dc 3 is a propellerdriven airliner which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s1940s and world war ii. Basic aircraft performance in standard atmospheric conditions is summa. It has two fuselage plugs that is stretched by 11 meters, increasing maximum seating capacity to 180220 passengers in a mixedclass configuration, and an 80 percent underfloor freight capacity. Douglas dc8 douglas submitted a bid for the usaf jet tanker project but this was won in 1954 by the boeing 707 kc5. It was not long after the first dc 8 took to the air on may 30, 1958, in front of 95,000 employees and friends, that serious drag problems surfaced % above estimates and 10% above guarantees with both the wingengine pod combination and the basic wing shape. To accommodate the new jet, douglas asked the city of santa monica, california to lengthen the airport s 5,000foot runway. The operator had recently acquired two dc863f aircraft of which.
Nov 10, 2020 the douglas dc 8 wasnt actually too far behind the 707 in terms of a first flight. It is a lowwing metal monoplane with conventional landing gear, powered by two radial piston engines of 1,0001,200 hp 750890 kw. The douglas dc8 is a fourengine longrange jet airliner with a capacity of maximum 259 passengers produced by the usamerican manufacturer douglas aircraft company. The dc8 is one of the earliest jetpowered commercial passenger aircraft. It was the final dc 8 variant in production, and the last was delivered in may 1972. Mcdonnell douglas dc8 55 freighter performance summary dc8 55f cargo capacity, ft3 m3 main deck, 88 x 125in 2. Photo taken at chicago ohare international orchard field ord kord in illinois, usa on february 19, 1978. These are either original or copies of manuals and blueprints used when these aircraft were in active duty, now transferred into electronic format. Loss of pitch control on takeoff emery worldwide airlines. Douglas dc8 specifications technical data description.
Donald douglas proposed to build and test the dc8 at santa monica airport, which had been the. The dc 910 first flew on february 25, 1965 and gained its type certificate on november 23, to enter service with delta air lines on december 8. Some douglas aircraft pilots manuals pdf are above the page. It was developed as a larger, improved 14bed sleeper version of the douglas dc 2. Asn aircraft accident mcdonnell douglas dc863f n827ax. Dc861 engine and performance powered by four jt3d3b turbofan engines from pratt and whitney, the engine of the dc861 has a maximum thrust of 18,000 lbf each. Product information douglas dc8 the douglas dc8 was one of the aircraft that brought long distance air travel to the masses. It was originally registered in the united states by mcdonnell douglas as n1501u for testing before delivery to sas. Since airplane changes and available options may alter the information, the data presented herein must be regarded as subject to change. Douglas dc8 aircraft structural repair manual aircraft. The purpose of the flight was to collect data on a new wing leadingedge design, and in doing so the dc 8 became the first civilian jet airliner to go. Although outwardly similar to the competing 707 with a swept lowmounted wing and four podded turbojet engines, the dc8 incorporated many innovations of its own, including advanced servicabilty and reliabilty features. A concept developed more than a decade before the dc 8 jetliner, the pistonengined dc 8 was to have propellers in the tail, an idea first used at douglas by edward f.
The information available to the crew in the air canada dc 8 manual, concerning two engine operating procedures, was inadequate, the aircraft was tending to undershoot the runway, control was lost when power to the left engines was increased late in the approach, at. Emery flight 17 was operating under the provisions of 14 code of federal. Major airliners,douglas,douglas dc8 series,aircraft manuals. It provides mcdonnell douglas dc 8 characteristics for airport operators, airlines, and engineering consultant organizations. Boeing but the lessons learned helped them greatly in designing a safer and. Aircraft like the dc 7 where replaced with jet aircraft such as the douglas dc 8. After introducing its heavy dc 8 in 1959, douglas approved the smaller, allnew dc 9 for shorter flights on april 8, 1963. It has kept mcdonnell douglas in a strong position allowing them to continue and build the improved dc 10. It made transatlantic air travel possible for a much larger group of people, thus making the world a much smaller place. Dc86, manston uk, 2010 on 11 august 2010, a douglas dc863f being operated by afghanistanbased operator kam air on a non scheduled cargo flight from manston uk to sal, cape verde islands failed to get airborne until after the end of departure runway 28 during a daylight take off in normal visibility. Dc8 experimenters handbook nasa airborne science program airbornescience. After nearly 30 years of hitting the skies with delta, the dc 8 was retired on may 1st, 1989. First flown in 1965, the type remained in production for 41 years until 2006, by which time over 2,400 examples had been produced, of various updated models.
The information available to the crew in the air canada dc 8 manual, concerning two engine operating procedures, was inadequate, the aircraft was tending to undershoot the runway, control was lost when power to the left engines was increased late in the approach, at an airspeed too low for effective rudder control. The aircraft has a maximum take off weight of 147,400 kg. Donald douglas proposed to build and test the dc 8 at santa monica airport, which had been the birthplace of the dc 3 and home to a douglas plant that employed 44,000 workers during world war ii. The captain, first officer, and flight engineer evacuated the airplane after landing. Inflight cargo fire united parcel service company flight.
An air new zealand douglas dc8 52 taxying at sydney airport. The dc 8 went on to evolve steadily across a much wider range, with stretched. Aviation library dc10 flight crew operating manual. Douglas dc8 history, specifications, schematics, pictures, and data. The douglas dc8 vs the boeing 707 how do the aircraft. Inflight cargo fire united parcel service company flight 7.
Douglas dc 9 the dc 9 was designed as a shortrange companion to the larger dc 8 airliner, but was an all new design featuring rearmounted engines with a small efficient wing. Nonetheless, the jet left a legacy for the airline, giving it a taste of what would become the standard type of engine in modernday commercial aviation. By the mid1960s dc 8s were flying with all the major us domestic and international airlines, with united airlines being a major customer. As always with older airliners, many found their way into service for cargo airlines. The dc 8 took to the skies less than six months after the 707s first flight, in may 1958. Sas took delivery of the first of ten dc 8 62 aircraft in 1967. A year earlier, the us army air service decided to be the first to fly around the world by plane. Mcdonnell douglas dc872 specifications, cabin dimensions.
This is a ray of sunshine but i wouldnt bet the farm that the dc 4 will depart douglas on its own power. Two fuselage lengths were eventually produced, the standard length and the super dc 8 s. Once boeing had begun development of its 707, douglas was eager to proceed with a jetpowered airliner of its own for fear of losing market position. Douglas dc861 price, specs, photo gallery, history. Initial rotation is to 8 noseup pitch attitude in about 4 seconds. Jun 24, 2020 the dc 8 71 was evidently longer than the original models. Memo from afs300 steven douglas date cancelled december 20, 2011 date issued july 11, 1972 responsible office afs330 description. From that point, douglas was always playing catchup. Douglas dc 7bc operating manual overseas national airways. Mcdonnell douglas dc863 operating manual 1971 part.
Eastern air lines flight manual prescribes six inches of snow depth as maxi. The crew of the mcdonnell douglas dc863 had been assigned to make a three engine ferry flight from kansas city. The douglas dc 8 the dc 8 is a four engined, long range, narrow body, jet airliner. Douglas dc853 price, specs, photo gallery, history. Oew operating empty weight including tare fuel capacity, u. Too late to participate in ww2 the type was developed for postwar civil airline use as the dc 6. The first step to fame was a roundtheworld flight on a douglas aircraft in 1924. Mcdonnell douglas dc861 united airlines aviation photo.
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