Douglas DC-8 crash, Jul 11, 1961 (18 killed), Denver-Stap...
Douglas DC-8 accident on July 11, 1961 near Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States with 18 fatalities. Cause: Asymmetric thrust during hydraulic...
- Date: July 11, 1961
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 18
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Asymmetric thrust during hydraulic emergency, resulting from failure of thrust reversers on engines 1 and 2 when reverse thrust was selected (Civil Aeronautics Board)
United Air Lines Douglas DC 8 12 N8040U, flight 859 from Omaha to Denver, lost hydraulic pressure when the flaps were extended on approach and veered off the runway on landing at Denver Stapleton on 11 July 1961. A fuel tank ruptured and the aircraft burned.