- Date
- August 12, 1965
- Place
- Battle Mtn., NV · BATTLE MTN., NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 93 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7139CLockheed L-188
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177135
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0042 65/8/12 BATTLE MTN.NEV LOCKHEED L-188 CR- 0 1 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1316 N7139C PX- 0 0 89 44, 16200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 950 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED SKY CONDITION VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 1 MILE OR LESS PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAIL, THUNDERSTORM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7139C
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage