- Date
- December 21, 1978
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 97 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9009UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139552
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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 78/12/21 NR.NORFOLK,VA BOEING 737 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1227 N9009U PX- 0 0 93 48, 13000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT 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 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9009U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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