- Date
- November 14, 1970
- Place
- Huntington, WV · HUNTINGTON, WV
- Injuries
- 75 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N97SDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1972
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79677
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 70/11/14 HUNTINGTON,W VA DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 5 0 0 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1936 N97S PX- 70 0 0 47, 18557 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2194 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-STATE OPERATOR - SOUTHERN AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINSTON,NC HUNTINGTON,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DSCNT BLO MDA.UN DTRM IF DSCNT DUE IMPROPER COCKPIT INSTRUMENTATION DATA USE OR ALTM SYSTEM ERROR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97S
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tri-State
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