- Date
- June 12, 1976
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 37 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2820WBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0019 76/6/12 NR.MINNEAPOLIS,MN BOEING 727 CR- 0 2 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1437 N2820W PX- 0 0 33 46, 17000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DENVER,CO MINNEAPOLIS,MN SIOUX FALLS,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEVERE IN FLIGHT TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERED AT 23000FEET FOR 3 TO 5 SECONDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2820W
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N2820WRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2010 · Boeing 727-247Airframe modelBoeing 727-247Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.