- Date
- July 22, 1969
- Place
- Evergreen, AL · EVERGREEN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 81 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N812EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0030 69/7/22 EVERGREEN,ALA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1620 N812E PX- 0 0 75 47, 13850 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 140 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEAT BELT SIGN WAS TURNED ON TOO LATE. BEVERAGE SERVICE IN PROGRESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N812E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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