- Date
- September 4, 1968
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 25 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N462USBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0012 68/9/4 DETROIT,MICH BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0007 N462US PX- 0 0 18 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT METRO OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN REMARKS- DAMAGED LEFT WING TIP,OUTER FLAP AND SLAT CORNER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N462US
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Detroit Metro
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