- Date
- June 28, 1968
- Place
- Vichy, MO · VICHY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 26 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6898DDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0032 68/6/28 NR.VICHY,MO DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 0 4 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1246 N6898D PX- 1 0 22 48, 18672 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 11000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PURDUE AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- PAX INADVERTENTLY OPENED AIR STAIR DOOR IN FLT.SAFETY CHAIN FAILED AT EYE BOLT,AND PAX FELL OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6898D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N6898DRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2002 · Douglas DC3-G202AAirframe modelDouglas DC3-G202AEngine modelWright C9GC&D series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.