- Date
- February 10, 1981
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 42 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9019VBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79535
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0002 81/2/10 NEWPORT NEWS,VA BOEING 737 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1940 N9019V PX- 0 0 38 49, 13100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 560 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL NEWPORT NEWS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLT ATTENDANT DID NOT UNDERSTAND 2ND OFFICERS INSTRUCTION TO BE SEATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9019V
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage