​​​Delta Air Lines, Inc., DC-8, N802E, operating as Flight 9877, crashed during a landing approach to Runway 1 at New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, Louisiana, on March 30, 1967. Five crewmembers and an FAA observer were fatally injured. 

This was a training flight with no passengers aboard; however, impact occurred in a residential area and 13 persons on the ground were also killed. The aircraft, several homes and part of a motel complex were destroyed. The flight had just taken off on Runway 28 at 0043 CST and was in the process of executing a simulated two-engine out landing when the crash occurred. The weather at the time was clear skies, visibility five miles, and the wind from 110 degrees at three knots. 

​We ​determined the probable cause of this accident was the improper supervision by the instructor, and the improper use of flight and power controls by both the instructor and captain-trainee during a simulated two-engine out landing approach, which resulted in a loss of control.  ​