- Date
- March 17, 1964
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 38 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N732USBoeing B-720B
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185596
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0022 64/3/17 NR.BILLINGS MONT BOEING B-720B CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0050 N732US PX- 0 0 33 48, 18510 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 310 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 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- STEWARDESS ATTENDING TO CABIN DUTIES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732US
- Reported as
- Boeing B-720B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage