- Date
- March 20, 1970
- Place
- Oshima Isle, JA · OSHIMA ISLE, Japan
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 11 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90781Douglas DC-6
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0018 70/3/20 OSHIMA ISLE,JAPAN DOUGLAS DC-6 CR- 0 1 6 MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1434 N90781 PX- 0 0 5 UNK/NR, 15000 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 5500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOWA JIMA YOKOTA AB,JAPAN 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 BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 10200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLT ATTENDANT BROKE LEG. WEA BRIEF BY USAF. PENETRATED CLOUD TOPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90781
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
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