- Date
- January 29, 1963
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 8 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N242VVickers 810
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175528
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0002 63/1/29 KANSAS CITY,MO VICKERS 810 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2244 N242V PX- 5 0 0 47, 18611 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3409 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MUNI OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 17 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNDETECTED ICE ON HORIZ STAB IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPECIFIC A/S AND CONFIG CAUSED LOSS OF PITCH CNTL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N242V
- Reported as
- Vickers 810
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kansas City Muni
N242VRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 1963 · Vickersarmstrongs VISCOUNT 812Airframe modelVickersarmstrongs VISCOUNT 812
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