- Date
- January 24, 1965
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 30 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1001Caravelle VIR
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0005 65/1/24 NR.ALLENTOWN PA CARAVELLE VIR CR- 0 1 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1225 N1001 PX- 0 0 26 43, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 310 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 SNOW GRAINS/SNOW PELLETS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- STEWARDESS WAS PERFORMING GALLEY DUTIES,THROWN TO THE FLOOR-SEAT BELT SIGN ON-WEATHER INVOLVED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1001
- Reported as
- Caravelle VIR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage