- Date
- January 13, 1962
- Place
- Fillmore, CA · FILLMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 49 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N37538Douglas DC-6
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0005 62/1/13 FILLMORE,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-6 CR- 0 1 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1843 N37538 PX- 0 0 47 40, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 9000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SEATTLE,WASH LOS ANGELES,CALIF SACRAMENTO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED 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 REMARKS- IN-FLT TURB. FLT ATTENDANT AND PAX DIDNT FASTEN SEAT BELTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37538
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage