- Date
- July 16, 1977
- Place
- Ft.Wayne, IN · FT.WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N515TYDouglas DC-6A
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0015 77/7/16 NR.FT.WAYNE,IN DOUGLAS DC-6A CR- 0 0 4 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0005 N515TY PX- 0 1 2 45, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1015 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - ROSENBALM AVIATION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.LOUIS,MO YPSILANTI,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PASSENGER SUFFERED BROKEN LEG.THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS IN VICINITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N515TY
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
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