- Date
- March 3, 1976
- Place
- Springfield, MO · SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 minor, 87 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N483DABoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0007 76/3/3 NR.SPRINGFIELD,MO BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0825 N483DA PX- 0 1 85 39, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KANSAS CITY,MO MIAMI,FL MEMPHIS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL 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 - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS ICE FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N483DA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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