- Date
- November 1, 1967
- Place
- Great Falls, MT · GREAT FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N73120Convair 340T
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0061 67/11/1 GREAT FALLS,MONT CONVAIR 340T CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0145 N73120 PX- 0 0 1 42, 10486 TOTAL HOURS, 70 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT FALLS OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ALTIMETERS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CAUSE OF ALTIMETER ERROR UNDTMND.CONTINUED FLT T0 ALTERNATE ARPT.DAMAGED NOSE GR COLLAPSED ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73120
- Reported as
- Convair 340T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Great Falls
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