- Date
- December 15, 1974
- Place
- Las Vegas · LAS VEGAS, UN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8015UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0026 74/12/15 NR.LAS VEGAS,NEV DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1200 N8015U PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED ERRATIC AIRSPEED & MACH INDICATIONS & BUFFETING ON CLIMB AND DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8015U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N8015URegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2002 · Douglas DC-8-21Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-21Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER
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Other investigations on N8015U · 2
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