- Date
- March 14, 1979
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 338 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N601BNBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0004 79/3/14 DALLAS,TX BOEING 747 CR- 1 0 19 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0316 N601BN PX- 0 0319 59, 29322 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 606 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI D/FW AIRPORT,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601BN
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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