- Date
- February 15, 1974
- Place
- Alexandria, LA · ALEXANDRIA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 68 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1288LDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0003 74/2/15 NR.ALEXANDRIA,LA DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 1 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0850 N1288L PX- 0 0 64 39, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA DALLAS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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- FLT ATTENDANT IN REAR GALLEY THROWN AGAINST CEILING,FELL TO FLOOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1288L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage