- Date
- April 3, 1981
- Place
- Hannibal, MO · HANNIBAL, MO
- Injuries
- 8 serious, 11 minor, 147 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1809UDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127770
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 81/4/3 NR.HANNIBAL,MO DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 1 11 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1925 N1809U PX- 0 7147 57, 25200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 970 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT 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 OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCTRD TURBC SHORTLY AFT ENTERING CI CLD & TURNING SEAT BELT SIGNS ON,APRX 7000FT ABV DEV TSTMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1809U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage