- Date
- August 5, 1971
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC · SPARTANBURG, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 78 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8803EConvair 880
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161219
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 71/8/5 NR.SPARTANBURG,SC CONVAIR 880 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1525 N8803E PX- 0 0 73 50, 20200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3440 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KANSAS CITY,MO PHILADELPHIA,PA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 1/4 MILE OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB AT FL 310.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8803E
- Reported as
- Convair 880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage