- Date
- December 4, 1972
- Place
- Alamosa, CO · ALAMOSA, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 16 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73112Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168662
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0041 72/12/4 NR.ALAMOSA,COLO CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 1 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2110 N73112 PX- 0 0 14 45, 13938 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 192 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DENVER,COLO ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX ALAMOSA,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO DRIZZLE, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FL 170 ONLY ALT AVAIL. SEVERE TO EXTREME TURB. STEWARDESS PERFORMING ASGND DUTIES PER CO POLICY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73112
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
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