- Date
- September 30, 1972
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 16 minor, 32 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1631Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168722
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0031 72/9/30 NR.NORFOLK,VA BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1005 N1631 PX- 0 2 43 41, 10399 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1358 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MASS MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLEW IN AREA OF FCSTD TSTM ACTIVITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1631
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage