- Date
- April 5, 1978
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX · WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 29 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8961Douglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142547
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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 78/4/5 NR.WICHITA FALLS,TX DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0054 N8961 PX- 0 1 25 59, 30472 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 8179 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR 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 CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- PAX SLIPPED,FELL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8961
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage