- Date
- May 23, 1974
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14STLockheed 382
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170162
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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 74/5/23 SPRINGFIELD,ILL LOCKHEED 382 CR- 3 0 0 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1553 N14ST PX- 1 0 0 58, 15553 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2424 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - SATURN AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ALAMEDA,CALIF WILMINGTON,DEL INDIANAPOLIS,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNDISCOVERED,PREEXISTING FATIGUE CRACKS.OWS 162,LWR FRONT SPAR CAP.OUTBOARD SECT L WING SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14ST
- Reported as
- Lockheed 382
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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