- Date
- September 30, 1966
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 74 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N120Lockheed L-188
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121423
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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 66/9/30 INDIANAPOLIS IND LOCKHEED L-188 CR- 0 1 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1823 N120 PX- 0 0 70 38, 11969 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 286 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 12000 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- STEWARDESS SERVING IN FLIGHT MEAL BROKE ANKLE DUE TURBULENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N120
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage