- Date
- April 12, 1972
- Place
- No.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · NO.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 13 minor, 145 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N606USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0007 72/4/12 NO.PACIFIC OCEAN BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 14 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0140 N606US PX- 0 2144 54, 25378 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 952 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOKYO,JAPAN HONOLULU,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 29000 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- FLEW INTO UNFORECAST AND UNEXPECTED SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N606US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage