- Date
- September 22, 1965
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 71 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3759Douglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176300
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0067 65/9/22 NR.DES MOINES IOWA DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 1 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2239 N3759 PX- 0 0 69 45, 19036 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2401 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3759
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines Mun.