- Date
- September 20, 1974
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA · PITTSBURGH, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 52 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1548British AC 1-11
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0026 74/9/20 NR.PITTSBURGH,PA BRITISH AC 1-11 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1634 N1548 PX- 0 1 48 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO 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 OVERCAST 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CHILD THROWN FM SEAT,FELL INJURING SHOULDER IN THE AISLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1548
- Reported as
- British AC 1-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N1548Registration cancelled Oct 1, 1997 · British BAC 1-11 203/AEAirframe modelBritish BAC 1-11 203/AE
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.