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MKC74AK057

1974-04-01 · TERRE HAUTE, Indiana, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N833TW has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 172RG), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BOEING 727-31 · N833TW
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000018903
Total time
22,775 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,442
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HEN THROWN FM SEAT DRG TURBC ENCTR.

Investigator remarks

SAFETY BELT NOT SECURED.ELDERLY LADY BROKE LEG W

Cause factors

  • 82/A/L A
    WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/K4 A
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/12 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/CZ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT SIGN ON Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0018. Source file NTSB_1974_1_0018.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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