- Date
- December 29, 1971
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 91 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7277FBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164530
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0024 71/12/29 NR.KANSAS CITY,MO BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2010 N7277F PX- 0 1 83 53, 27500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO ST.LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CREW WARNED PAX OF EXPECTED TURB. INJURED PAX WAS IN BLUE ROOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7277F
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage