- Date
- January 11, 1968
- Place
- Internatl Waters (Gulf of Mexico) · INTERNATL WATERS, GM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90782Douglas DC-6A
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112131
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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 68/1/11 INTERNATL WATERS DOUGLAS DC-6A CR- 0 1 6 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0650 N90782 PX- 0 0 0 39, 10800 TOTAL HOURS, 97 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 16000 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- ACCDT LOCATION,133 MI NW OF RANGOON,BURMA. OFF DUTY CREW MEMBER THROWN FROM BUNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90782
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N90782Registration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Douglas DC-6AAirframe modelDouglas DC-6AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.