- Date
- April 4, 1967
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 66 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8017UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 67/4/4 NR.SPRINGFIELD,ILL DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1245 N8017U PX- 0 1 59 47, 23336 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2528 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSENGER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 15000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PX,AGE 92,FELL,BROKE LEG,WHILE RETURNING TO SEAT.SEAT BELT SIGN TURNED ON WHILE PX WAS IN LAVATORY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8017U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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