- Date
- December 24, 1970
- Place
- Northway, AK · NORTHWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 74 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N453PABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0052 70/12/24 NR.NORTHWAY,ALAS BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0015 N453PA PX- 0 1 66 58, 28628 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 5563 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WASH FAIRBANKS,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST 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- EXTREME TURB ENCOUNTERED,WAS NOT FCST. BABY INJURED WHEN TORN FROM MOTHERS ARMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N453PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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