- Date
- September 18, 1970
- Place
- No.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · NO.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 10 minor, 162 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7099Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0037 70/9/18 NO.PACIFIC OCEAN BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 7 MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0245 N7099 PX- 0 0165 50, 23858 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 2821 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HAWAII CLARK AFBASE,PI 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 NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEAT BELT SIGN TURNED ON JUST BEFORE ACFT PENETRATED TOP OF UNDETECTED CB. NOT SHOWN ON WEA RADAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7099
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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