- Date
- July 20, 1968
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 18 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N130USLockheed 188C
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109110
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0049 68/7/20 NR.BILLINGS,MONT LOCKHEED 188C CR- 0 2 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1106 N130US PX- 0 1 15 38, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 700 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 24 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- MTN WAVE EFFECT NOT FCST. SEAT BELT SIGN ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N130US
- Reported as
- Lockheed 188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage