- Date
- September 23, 1966
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 9 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4996EDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0030 66/9/23 NR.RAPID CITY S DAK DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 1 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2320 N4996E PX- 0 0 7 39, 7718 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2438 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 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 VFR REMARKS- STEWARDESS WAS ASSISTING PASSENGERS.FLT WAS OPERATING VFR IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4996E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N4996ERegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Douglas DC3CAirframe modelDouglas DC3CEngine modelPratt & Whitney TW-S1-S3-S4
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