- Date
- July 21, 1972
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 100 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8071UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168737
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0021 72/7/21 NR.LAS VEGAS,NEV DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1845 N8071U PX- 0 0 93 56, 20270 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4295 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAS VEGAS,NEV PITTSBURGH,PA CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL-FLT ATTENDANT FELL FOR UNKNOWN REASON. REMARKS- NO IN-FLT TURB REPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8071U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage