- Date
- April 20, 1970
- Place
- N. Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · N. PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 10 minor, 197 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6162ADouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138521
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0013 70/4/20 N. PACIFIC OCEAN DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 2 8 MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1400 N6162A PX- 0 1199 50, 26000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAIGON,S. VIETNAM YOKOTA,JAPAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT WAS STEERING AROUND BUILD UPS SHOWING ON ACFT RADAR. CREW GAVE ADEQUATE WARNING OF TURBULENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6162A
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage