- Date
- March 18, 1971
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14STLockheed Ga 382B
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0020 71/3/18 WICHITA,KANS LOCKHEED GA 382B CR- 0 0 3 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1103 N14ST PX- 0 0 1 48, 13996 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 557 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCONNELL AFBASE OPERATOR - SATURN AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLA WICHITA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING DUST LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LND IN DIRECT L X-WIND GUSTING TO 45K. NEARBY ARPT HAD MORE SUITABLE RWY.OPS FLT MANUAL INADEQUATE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14ST
- Reported as
- Lockheed Ga 382B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcconnell Afbase
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