- Date
- July 28, 1963
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 56 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8037UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0044 63/7/28 NR.DES MOINES,IOWA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1945 N8037U PX- 0 1 52 54, 23000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2610 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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- FLT BETWEEN CLOUD BUILDUPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8037U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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