- Date
- February 28, 1973
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 127 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1302LDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0002 73/2/28 NR.LAS VEGAS,NEV DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1254 N1302L PX- 0 0119 52, 25000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1302L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage