![]() ![]() The first officer was 47-year-old John Donald Loeffler, who had 15,775 flight hours, with 4,750 of them on the DC-8. Other TIA pilots referred to him as "Ron". The captain was 49-year-old Joseph John May, who had 22,300 flight hours, including 7,100 hours on the DC-8. The aircraft had 7,878 hours at the time of the accident. The aircraft was powered by four Pratt and Whitney JT3D-7 engines. The aircraft involved was a Douglas DC-8-63CF, built in 1968. The probable cause of the accident was an asphalt-covered object lodged in between the right elevator and the right horizontal stabilizer, that jammed the elevator and caused the loss of pitch control. None of the 11 occupants, who were all crew members, survived. On September 8, 1970, the Douglas DC-8 (registration N4863T) crashed during take-off from JFK's runway 13R. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Washington Dulles International Airport. Trans International Airlines Flight 863 was a ferry flight from John F. ![]() ![]() Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia Kennedy International Airport, New York City Right elevator jammed by foreign object further aggravated by pilot error, resulting in loss of pitch control A Trans International Airlines DC-8, similar to the aircraft involved ![]()
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