- Date
- May 7, 1972
- Place
- Santiago, Côte d’Ivoire · SANTIAGO, Chile
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 82 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1807Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165403
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0042 72/5/7 NR.SANTIAGO,CHILE DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 16 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1258 N1807 PX- 0 2 67 55, 26695 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA BUENOS AIRES,ARGENTI SANTIAGO,CHILE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 29000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UNFCSTD CLEAR AIR TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1807
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage