# NTSB UNK64X2742: Viscount 745D, N7405, Parrotsville, TN, July 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 9, 1964
- Place: Parrotsville, TN · PARROTSVILLE, TN
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 39 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 16, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2742
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2742

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7405-1970-07-02), registration cancelled 1970-07-02, S/N 103 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VISCOUNT 745D
- Registry model: [Vickers VISCOUNT 745-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-viscount-745-d) (registry code 9470401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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