- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Place
- No.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · NO.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 162 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8975UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0034 71/7/26 NO.PACIFIC OCEAN DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 7 MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2052 N8975U PX- 0 0155 55, 27538 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2814 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YOKOTA,JAPAN WAKE ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- WEA RADAR DIDNT SHOW RETURN. FLT ABOVE BROKEN TO OCST DECK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8975U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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