- Date
- February 23, 1979
- Place
- Yakutat, AK · YAKUTAT, AK
- Injuries
- 17 minor, 95 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N314ASBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144031
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 79/2/23 NR.YAKUTAT,AK BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0906 N314AS PX- 0 0104 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK JUNEAU,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FASTEN SEAT BELT ANNOUNCEMENT NOT MADE.FLT ATTENDANTS DID NOT CK PAX SEAT BELTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N314AS
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N314ASRegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2012 · Boeing 727-21Airframe modelBoeing 727-21Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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