- Date
- July 22, 1972
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 68 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8810EConvair 880
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167768
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0032 72/7/22 NR.KNOXVILLE,TENN CONVAIR 880 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1333 N8810E PX- 0 1 63 40, 11700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1720 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA DETROIT,MICH FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PENETRATED VISIBLE VERTICAL BUILDUP.MINOR INJ TO TWO ATTENDANTS. SEAT BELT SIGN ACTIVATED LATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8810E
- Reported as
- Convair 880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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