- Date
- November 3, 1970
- Place
- Lincoln, NE · LINCOLN, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73102Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0073 70/11/3 NR.LINCOLN,NEBR CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0625 N73102 PX- 0 0 4 UNK/NR, 16674 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1584 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OMAHA,NEBR DENVER,COLO KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- PLTS SLIDING SIDE WINDOW FAILED.CAUSED EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION. LND AT LINCOLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73102
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage