- Date
- May 27, 1970
- Place
- Goodland, KS · GOODLAND, KS
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor, 56 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8028UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0022 70/5/27 NR.GOODLAND,KANS DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 2 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1629 N8028U PX- 0 1 52 47, 21884 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1399 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV JFK INTL,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLT IN TSTM AREA. ACFT RADAR INOP. PLT WAS REC STEERS BUT DIDNT NOTIFY ATC THAT RADAR WAS INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8028U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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