- Date
- September 21, 1970
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 6 minor, 111 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8022UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0034 70/9/21 NR.DENVER,COLO DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1921 N8022U PX- 0 1110 48, 17501 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1134 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO ISOLATED CUMULUS. WASNT DEPICTED BY ACFT OR GRND RADAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8022U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
N8022URegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Douglas DC-8-21Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-21Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER
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Other investigations on N8022U · 1
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