# NTSB DIA67A0005: Vickers 745D, N7431, Norfolk, VA, January 19, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1967
- Place: Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 6 minor, 44 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 22, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119030
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA67A0005
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA67A0005

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0009  67/1/19    NORFOLK,VA          VICKERS 745D        CR-  0  0  4  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1359                    N7431               PX-  0  0 46                            45, 14048 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            352 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK MUNI
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- SNOWPLOW DRIVEN INTO PATH OF N7431.DRIVER INSTRUCTIONS AND ARPT VEHICULAR TFC CONTROL INADEQUATE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7431](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7431-1970-07-02), registration cancelled 1970-07-02, S/N 129 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VICKERS 745D
- Registry model: [Vickers VISCOUNT 745-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-viscount-745-d) (registry code 9470401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Norfolk Muni

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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