- Date
- November 12, 1966
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 80 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7203UBoeing B-720
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120561
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0068 66/11/12 NR.BILLINGS,MONT BOEING B-720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1354 N7203U PX- 0 1 73 51, 18555 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2343 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 65 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PX FELL WHILE RETURNING TO SEAT.COCKPIT WARNING GIVEN.ATTENDANTS FAILED TO OBSERVE PX MOVEMENTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7203U
- Reported as
- Boeing B-720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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