# NTSB MKC69A0032: Lockheed 188, N1284S, Minneapolis, MN, November 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 19, 1968
- Place: Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 66 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 10, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107220
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69A0032
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69A0032

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0051  68/11/19   MINNEAPOLIS,MINN    LOCKHEED 188        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1940                    N1284S              PX-  0  0 59                            33, 3875 TOTAL HOURS, 489
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
        OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS
        REMARKS- CARGO HANDLER WALKED INTO NR 4 PROP. POSSIBLE GLARE FROM RAMP LTS. EMPLOYEE WAS A RECENT HIRE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1284S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 188
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Wold-Chamberlain

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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