- Date
- December 18, 1977
- Place
- Kaysville, UT · KAYSVILLE, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8047UDouglas DC-8F
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1978
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0021 77/12/18 NR.KAYSVILLE,UT DOUGLAS DC-8F CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0139 N8047U PX- 0 0 0 49, 14954 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4148 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN FRANCISCO,CA CHICAGO,IL SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOLDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: ISSUED IMPROPER OR CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE REMARKS- INCOMP & ABIGUOUS HOLDING CLNC. #1 ELECT SYST INOP.HIT MTN NEAR 7200FT LVL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8047U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
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