- Date
- May 29, 1970
- Place
- Grand Isle, LA · GRAND ISLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 minor, 50 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45090Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0009 70/5/29 GRAND ISLE,LA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1747 N45090 PX- 0 0 47 58, 23527 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 6247 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ACFT WAS DEVIATING SO.OF COURSE BETWEEN 2 LARGE CB BUILD-UPS. WARNING TO FLT ATTENDT WAS LATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45090
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage