- Date
- October 1, 1966
- Place
- Nwemme, OR · NWEMME, OR
- Injuries
- 18 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9101Douglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121415
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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 66/10/1 NWEMME,OREG DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 5 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1910 N9101 PX- 13 0 0 50, 18998 TOTAL HOURS, 18 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WEST COAST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERED 100266.DESCENT BELOW CLEARANCE LIMIT AND OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN FOR UNKNOWN REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9101
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
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