- Date
- July 23, 1968
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 60 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N355USBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109113
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0059 68/7/23 LAFAYETTE,IND BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1522 N355US PX- 0 0 57 46, 18347 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1667 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CABIN ATTENDANT WAS NOT SEATED. SEAT BELT SIGN ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N355US
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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