- Date
- September 13, 1973
- Place
- Ontario, CA · ONTARIO, CA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57204Boeing 720B
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0029 73/9/13 ONTARIO,CALIF BOEING 720B CR- 0 0 7 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0747 N57204 PX- 0 0 0 44, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3055 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ONTARIO INTL OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF ONTARIO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION COPILOT - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- 2ND LOC/VOR RWY 25 APCH.HIT WIRES 3.5MI SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57204
- Reported as
- Boeing 720B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Ontario Intl