institutional document
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61
Federal Aviation Administration. "McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61" (N8082U / United Airlines Flight 173). Lessons Learned from Civil Aviation Accidents. https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/transport_airplane/accidents/N8082U.
Why this matters here
The FAA’s lessons-learned account of United Airlines Flight 173 (DC-8-61 / N8082U) identifies hierarchical cockpit culture as a factor and links the accident to later Crew Resource Management expectations that subordinates speak up and captains use distributed cockpit knowledge. The World We Make Together uses that shift to show how authority can remain decisive while changing what good authority is expected to do with others’ information. The FAA records an accident catalyst for CRM; the book’s claim is about chairs that narrow rooms versus roles that keep distributed sight usable.
