- Date
- July 23, 1968
- Place
- Pawnee City, NE · PAWNEE CITY, NE
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 21 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73121Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0017 68/7/23 NR.PAWNEE CITY,NEBR CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1645 N73121 PX- 0 0 22 38, 9410 TOTAL HOURS, 168 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE REMARKS- ACFT PENETRATED TSTM,ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB. SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73121
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
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