- Date
- November 17, 1977
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 67 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N316ASBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0021 77/11/17 SEATTLE,WA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1745 N316AS PX- 0 0 60 43, 8900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 6800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHIKAN,AK SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LIGHTNING STRIKE WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS, SNOW GRAINS/SNOW PELLETS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 24 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- HF ANT/CONE SEP FM ACFT,ALL AC GEN PWR,CABIN PRES LOST.AC PWR RESTORED IN 28 SECS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316AS
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage