- Date
- August 1, 1977
- Place
- Trenton, NJ · TRENTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 150 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3002UDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0006 77/8/1 NR.TRENTON,N J DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1710 N3002U PX- 0 0139 58, 36371 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 2931 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ. LOS ANGLES,CA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HAIL OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3002U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage