- Date
- November 17, 1974
- Place
- Grand Isle, LA · GRAND ISLE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 9 minor, 63 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4611Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0040 74/11/17 NR.GRAND ISLE,LA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0855 N4611 PX- 0 2 65 56, 15209 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1834 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FLA HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) 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 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCNTRD MDT TO HEAVY TURB DRG FLT IN VICINITY OF TSTM ACTIVITY. CREW GAVE AMPLE WARNING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4611
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N4611Registration cancelled Dec 31, 1992 · Tomalesky Peter ACRO CATAirframe modelTomalesky Peter ACRO CAT
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N4611 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.