- Date
- April 26, 1972
- Place
- Front Royal, VA · FRONT ROYAL, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 82 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N736USBoeing 720B
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1972
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0002 72/4/26 NR.FRONT ROYAL,VA BOEING 720B CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1635 N736US PX- 0 0 77 44, 15618 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 5738 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PORTLAND,OREG WASHINGTON,DC SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-LACK OF VISUAL SCANNING VIGILANCE,BOTH CREWS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- MINOR INJ,2 STEWS,AVOIDING N737Z IN VFR CONDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736US
- Reported as
- Boeing 720B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage