- Date
- April 26, 1973
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL · TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 99 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N601USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173349
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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 73/4/26 TALLAHASSEE,FLA BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1345 N601US PX- 0 1 90 51, 21000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 715 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL TAMPA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CREW DID NOT WARN PAX ON P.A. OF TURB AND TO FASTEN SEAT BELTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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Other investigations on N601US · 2
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