- Date
- September 4, 1969
- Place
- Jackson, MS · JACKSON, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 53 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8806EConvair 880
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0034 69/9/4 NR.JACKSON,MISS CONVAIR 880 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1718 N8806E PX- 0 0 48 50, 21000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 6100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF 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 ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SCTD TSTMS FCST FOR ROUTE OF FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8806E
- Reported as
- Convair 880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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