- Date
- January 10, 1972
- Place
- Hill City, KS · HILL CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 78 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7277FBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164738
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0030 72/1/10 NR.HILL CITY,KANS BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1245 N7277F PX- 0 1 69 54, 26000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNLIMITED 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- SEAT BELT SIGNS WERE ON DURG ENTIRE TRIP. PX WAS INJURED WHILE RETURNING FROM R AFT LAVATORY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7277F
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage