- Date
- September 7, 1964
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 5 minor, 85 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N736USBoeing B-720
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0069 64/9/7 NR.MINNEAPOLIS MINN BOEING B-720 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1700 N736US PX- 0 1 84 52, 24071 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1627 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736US
- Reported as
- Boeing B-720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage