- Date
- August 6, 1968
- Place
- New Richmond, WI · NEW RICHMOND, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 4 minor, 110 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8010UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109114
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0066 68/8/6 NEW RICHMOND,WIS DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0945 N8010U PX- 0 2106 47, 11000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3327 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MASS SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 50000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO HAIL OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- GRND AND ACFT RADAR DIDNT SHOW CELL.WEA FCST INACCURATE AS TO TIME AND LOCATION OF TSTM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8010U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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