- Date
- October 5, 1968
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 94 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N385USBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0026 68/10/5 NR.JAMAICA,NY BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0930 N385US PX- 0 1 89 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- SEAT BELT SIGN ON. PAX LEFT SEAT AND TRIPPED OVER BRIEF CASE PLACED IN AISLE BY FELLOW PAX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N385US
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage