- Date
- May 30, 1978
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY · CHEYENNE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 97 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4518WBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142549
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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 78/5/30 NR.CHEYENNE,WY BOEING 737 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1555 N4518W PX- 0 0 92 48, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 8200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO CASPER,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 1/4 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FCST MOD TO SEVERE TURBC.F/A'S MAKING DRINKS FOR COCKPIT CREW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4518W
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
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