- Date
- March 28, 1972
- Place
- Little Rock, AR · LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 55 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8810EConvair 880
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0012 72/3/28 NR.LITTLE ROCK,ARK CONVAIR 880 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1900 N8810E PX- 0 2 50 42, 13900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2470 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PENETRATED TSTM AREA. ACFT RADAR OPERATIONAL.SEAT BELT SIGN ACTIVATED TOO LATE.CREW DIDNT WARN PAX
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8810E
- Reported as
- Convair 880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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