Douglas DC-8 crash, Feb 25, 1964 (58 killed), Lake Pontch...
Douglas DC-8 accident on February 25, 1964 near Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana, United States with 58 fatalities. Cause: The Civil Aeronautics Board...
- Date: February 25, 1964
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana, United States
- Fatalities: 58
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The Civil Aeronautics Board found a loss of stability in turbulence linked to abnormal longitudinal trim settings, with pilot induced oscillations the crew could not recover from.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, a scheduled service from Mexico City to New York, took off from New Orleans in the early morning of 25 February 1964. Radar contact was lost minutes later over Lake Pontchartrain in moderate to severe turbulence, and all 58 people aboard were killed.