Douglas DC9-15 N92S

17 February 1971 · Gulfport, Mississippi, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 17 February 1971 at about 08:09 local time, a Douglas DC9-15 registered N92S, operated by Southern Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. 11 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 February 1971 at 08:09
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulfport, Mississippi, United States
Nearest airport: Gulfport Mun
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC9-15
Registration: N92S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Southern Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: New Orleans, la → Miami, Fla
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0003

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
11	0	0	1	10

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INADEQUATE MONITORING OF APCH.CAPT PREOCCUPIED WITH PRE-LDG CK.COPLT ATMTD ESTABLISH VISUAL CTC.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0003, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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