- Date
- August 2, 1969
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 175 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1302LDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173635
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0047 69/8/2 ATLANTA,GA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1243 N1302L PX- 0 0167 57, 24339 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4342 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA TAMPA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT REQ VECTOR AROUND STORM. ATC RADAR WAS INOP. STEWARDESS INADVERTENTLY RELEASED SEAT BELT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1302L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage