- Date
- February 15, 1968
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1906MDouglas DC-6
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112125
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0008 68/2/15 CHATTANOOGA,TENN DOUGLAS DC-6 CR- 0 0 3 TRAINING ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0920 N1906M PX- 0 0 0 37, 10152 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4573 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - THIRD PILOT: OTHER PERSONNEL-SPONTANEOUS IMPROPER ACTION. REMARKS- PLT RIDING IN JUMP SEAT INADVERTENTLY RAISED GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1906M
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lovell
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