- Date
- July 10, 1977
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 74 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66NADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0023 77/7/10 NEW ORLEANS,LA DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 14 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1827 N66NA PX- 0 0 60 50, 16820 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1610 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW ORLEANS INTL OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS VEGAS,NV MIAMI,FL NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CONCRETE STRUCTURE OFF RUNWAY,WIND GUSTS 31 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66NA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- New Orleans Intl