- Date
- December 22, 1965
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 9 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8061UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0072 65/12/22 NR.SAN DIEGO,CALIF. DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0726 N8061U PX- 0 0 3 53, 27000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 52 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- STEWARDESS FASTENING SEAT BELT.AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED UNANTCIPATED MOD TO, SEVERE TURBULENCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8061U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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