- Date
- July 21, 1978
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI · OSHKOSH, WI
- Injuries
- 108 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N959NDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780721036039I
- Case key
- 140519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0014 78/7/21 OSHKOSH,WI DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1615 N959N PX- 0 0104 45, 15900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WITTMAN FIELD OPERATOR - NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL OSHKOSH,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 66 140 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UN MAKE HI-SPEED TAXIWAY AT END OF RWY,SKIDDED OFF END.50DEG FLAPS AVBL,USED 40DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N959N
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Wittman Field
N959NRegistration cancelled Feb 6, 2013 · Douglas DC-9-31Airframe modelDouglas DC-9-31Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.