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NTSB accident investigation · Viscount 745D · Parrotsville, TN · July 9, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
July 9, 1964
Place
Parrotsville, TN · PARROTSVILLE, TN
Injuries
39 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N7405Viscount 745D
Status
Completed · report February 16, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
184989

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0033   64/7/9  NR.PARROTSVILLE TENN  VISCOUNT 745D       CR-  4  0  0  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1815                    N7405               PX- 35  0  0                            41, 15665 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- ONE PASSENGER ABANDONED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE NO.4 EMERGENCY ESCAPE WINDOW PRIOR TO IMPACT.

Aircraft

Registration
N7405
Reported as
Viscount 745D
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.