- Date
- May 6, 1972
- Place
- N.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · N.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 127 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N605USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 72/5/6 N.PACIFIC OCEAN BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1153 N605US PX- 0 1116 58, 24715 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1539 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WASH HONOLULU,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED 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- PX IN LAVATORY WHEN SEAT BELT SIGN WAS TURNED ON,FELL,BROKE LEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N605US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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