- Date
- May 13, 1974
- Place
- O'Neill, NE · O'NEILL, NE
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 12 minor, 96 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- FBLCABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-0003 74/5/13 NR.O'NEILL,NEBR BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 11 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 0136 FBLCA PX- 0 2 97 51, 22508 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4935 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AIR FRANCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF PARIS,FRANCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- MDT-SVR TURBC,VERY STRONG TSTM ACTIVITY WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN EASILY DETECTABLE.FLT CONTD TO ORLY
Aircraft
- Registration
- FBLCA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage