Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 19 JAN 1967 |
| Tijd: | 13:59 |
| Type: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | United Air Lines |
| Registratie: | N7431 |
| Constructienummer: | 129 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1956 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 4 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 46 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 50 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Norfolk Municipal Airport, VA (ORF) (Verenigde Staten) |
| Fase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | ? |
| Norfolk Municipal Airport, VA (ORF/KORF), Verenigde Staten |
A snow tractor taxied into the path of a United Air Lines Viscount which was just landing. The Viscount collided with the snow plough, ripping open the airplane's belly and tearing off one of the wings.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
personnel - miscellaneous-personnel: driver of vehicle
personnel - airport supervisory personnel: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - instructions-misinterpreted
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts, conditions - overload failure Bronnen:
» NTSB
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
