- Date
- March 13, 1975
- Place
- Lacrosse, WI · LACROSSE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 126 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N149USDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0043 75/3/13 NR.LACROSSE,WI DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 1 10 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1435 N149US PX- 0 0116 52, 21500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MINNEAPOLIS,MI TAMPA,FL ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CABIN ATTENDANT INJURY.TWO OVERHEAD CEILING PANELS OF REAR GALLEY UNLATCHED AND FELL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N149US
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N149USRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2002 · Douglas DC-10-40Airframe modelDouglas DC-10-40Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D-3A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.