Boeing 747 N601US
26 April 1973 · Tallahassee, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 26 April 1973 at about 13:45 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N601US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Tallahassee, Florida, United States. 101 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747
- Registration
- N601US
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Chicago, Ill → Tampa, Fla
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0008
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 99 |
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
CREW DID NOT WARN PAX ON P.A. OF TURB AND TO FASTEN SEAT BELTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 747 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep 1973 | Boeing 747 | N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. | American Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 1973 | Boeing 747 | Jamaica, New York, United States | Other-Foreign Flag Carrier | No injuries | - |
| 6 May 1972 | Boeing 747 | N.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Mar 1974 | Boeing 747 | N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 1974 | Boeing 747 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 15 Dec 1972 | Boeing 747 | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |