- Date
- March 2, 1965
- Place
- Wilmington, NC · WILMINGTON, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 9 minor, 94 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8494HConvair CV-880
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0073 65/3/2 NR.WILMINGTON NC CONVAIR CV-880 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N8494H PX- 0 2 97 UNK/NR, 17200 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHEAST AIRLINES,INC. 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 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED *ERROR-INVALID CODE* TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION 12-17-65.CREW DID NOT CHECK PASSENGERS SEATBELTS FOR PROPER SECURITY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8494H
- Reported as
- Convair CV-880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N8494HRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Convair 22Airframe modelConvair 22Engine modelGE CJ805-3
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Other investigations on N8494H · 1
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