- Date
- December 18, 1970
- Place
- Janesville, WI · JANESVILLE, WI
- Injuries
- 42 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N386USBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0081 70/12/18 NR.JANESVILLE,WIS BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0749 N386US PX- 0 0 36 56, 19882 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3424 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MINN CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY COPILOT - OPERATED CARELESSLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- CREW MISREAD ALTIMETERS BY 10000 FT. PLT MADE EMERG PULL UP TO AVOID TREES,CONT FLT AND LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N386US
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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