- Date
- February 12, 1963
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 43 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N724USBoeing 720B
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179883
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0006 63/2/12 NR.MIAMI,FLA BOEING 720B CR- 8 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1350 N724US PX- 35 0 0 47, 17835 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- BOTH WINGS,STAB FAILED.SEVERE UPDRAFTS AND LONGITUDINAL CONTROL DISPLACEMENT CAUSED LONGITUD UPSET
Aircraft
- Registration
- N724US
- Reported as
- Boeing 720B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed