- Date
- October 5, 1976
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4523WBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157098
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0013 76/10/5 NR.SALT LAKE CITY,UT BOEING 737 CR- 0 1 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1015 N4523W PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP EDMONTON,CAN SALT LAKE CITY,UT GT.FALLS,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- PILOT BECAME INCAPACITATED.TOTAL CREW AND PAX NOT REPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4523W
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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