- Date
- August 6, 1966
- Place
- Falls City, NE · FALLS CITY, NE
- Injuries
- 42 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1553British AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0008 66/8/6 NR.FALLS CITY,NEBR BRITISH AC CR- 4 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - N1553 PX- 38 0 0 47, 20767 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 549 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-OPERATED ACFT IN AREA OF AVOIDABLE WX HAZARD WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: OTHER AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SQUALL LINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FIN,RT TAILPLANE AND RT WING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1553
- Reported as
- British AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1553Registration cancelled Jun 19, 1970 · British BAC 1-11 203/AEAirframe modelBritish BAC 1-11 203/AE
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.