- Date
- April 1, 1973
- Place
- New York-Atlanta · NEW YORK-ATLANTA, UN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 54 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N33247Douglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 73/4/1 NEW YORK-ATLANTA DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 1 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2005 N33247 PX- 0 0 50 36, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH 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 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- TSTM IN AREA. FLT ATTENDANT FELL. USE OF SEAT BELT SIGN UNDET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33247
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage