- Date
- March 21, 1975
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 177 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N798FTDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147050
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 75/3/21 NR.LAS VEGAS,NV DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 6 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2020 N798FT PX- 0 0172 34, 5073 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3063 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CA LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 95 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N798FT
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage