# NTSB CHI71IC051: Boeing 707, N386US, Janesville, WI, December 18, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 18, 1970
- Place: Janesville, WI · JANESVILLE, WI
- Location: 42.6828° N, 89.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Janesville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6828&lon=-89.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 42 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 27, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159510
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71IC051
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71IC051

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N386US-1977-04-05), registration cancelled 1977-04-05, S/N 19777, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-351C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-351c) (registry code 138367K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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