- Date
- February 21, 1969
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 29 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N780PABoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0043 69/2/21 NR.HOUSTON,TEX BOEING 720 CR- 0 1 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N780PA PX- 0 0 23 51, 21348 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 868 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEXICO CITY,MEX HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL 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 OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEAT BELT ANNOUNCEMENT HAD BEEN MADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N780PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage