- Date
- January 13, 1974
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY · CHEYENNE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 46 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N73145Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187280
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0005 74/1/13 CHEYENNE,WYO CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 1 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1925 N73145 PX- 0 0 44 44, 13800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 6090 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEYENNE MUNI OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP COLORADO SPRNGS,COLO ROCK SPRINGS,WYO LARAMIE,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- MODERATE TURBULENCE-FLT ATTENDANT THROWN AGAINST OVERHEAD.GUSTS TO 43KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73145
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Cheyenne Muni
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