# NTSB Accident DCA97MA016
> **Douglas DC-8-63F** · 1996-12-22 · NARROWS, VA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA97MA016
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07150
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-12-22
- **Location:** NARROWS, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.890243, -77.299674
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 6
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 6
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Douglas
- **Model:** DC-8-63F
- **Registration:** N827AX
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 4
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the inappropriate control inputs applied by the flying pilot during a stall recovery attempt, the failure of the nonflying pilot-in-command to recognize, address, and correct these inappropriate control inputs, and the failure of ABX to establish a formal functional evaluation flight program that included adequate program guidelines, requirements and pilot training for performance of these flights.  Contributing to the causes of the accident were the inoperative stick shaker stall warning system and the ABX DC-8 flight training simulator's inadequate fidelity in reproducing the airplane's stall characteristics.  (NTSB Report AAR-97/05)

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