- Date
- July 4, 1980
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 9 minor, 83 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4749Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129361
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0014 80/7/4 NR.RICHMOND,VA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1915 N4749 PX- 0 0 85 40, 8690 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 6045 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL NEW YORK CITY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4749
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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