- Date
- February 26, 1972
- Place
- Alma, GA · ALMA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor, 90 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N821EDouglas DC8-51
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0019 72/2/26 NR.ALMA,GA DOUGLAS DC8-51 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1306 N821E PX- 0 2 85 UNK/NR, 16000 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA ORLANDO,FLA 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 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- 1 PX INADVERTENTLY RELEASED SEAT BELT,WAS THROWN FROM SEAT.1 PX WAS HIT BY FLYING OBJECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N821E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC8-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N821ERegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Douglas DC-8-51Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-51Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
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