- Date
- June 20, 1975
- Place
- Gunnison, CO · GUNNISON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 52 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73168Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0011 75/6/20 NR.GUNNISON,CO CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 1 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1625 N73168 PX- 0 0 50 45, 13454 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4136 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT 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 BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 54 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST BALANCE. FELL AGAINST PAX SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73168
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage