- Date
- October 23, 1981
- Place
- Dfw Airport, TX · DFW AIRPORT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 minor, 105 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N771ALBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126672
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0018 81/10/23 NR.DFW AIRPORT,TX BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2058 N771AL PX- 0 0105 44, 15186 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2373 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA DFW AIRPORT,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF REMARKS- ENCTRD TURBC AT 11000FT APRX 8 MI BHND ANOTHER BOEING 727,ROLLED INTO STEEP BANK,HDG CHGD 20DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N771AL
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage