- Date
- June 8, 1963
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 8 minor, 47 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6134ALockheed 188
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0032 63/6/8 NR.CHICAGO,ILL LOCKHEED 188 CR- 0 1 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2100 N6134A PX- 0 0 51 53, 17942 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2531 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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- TURB UNEXPECTED. SEAT BELT SIGN ON. NO RADAR RETURN DEPICTION WITHIN 10 MI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6134A
- Reported as
- Lockheed 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
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