- Date
- November 18, 1979
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N859ULockheed 188C
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 79/11/18 SALT LAKE CITY,UT LOCKHEED 188C CR- 3 0 0 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0456 N859U PX- 0 0 0 46, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3140 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LK CTY INTL OPERATOR - TRANS-INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OGDEN,UT LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 3200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PROGRESSIVE VOLTAGE DECAY ON PRIORITY BUS A SYS FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N859U
- Reported as
- Lockheed 188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salt Lk Cty Intl
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