Lockheed L-188 N120

30 September 1966 · Indianapolis Ind, Indiana, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 30 September 1966 at about 18:23 local time, a Lockheed L-188 registered N120, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Indianapolis Ind, Indiana, United States. 75 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 September 1966 at 18:23
Classification: Accident
Location: Indianapolis Ind, Indiana, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188
Registration: N120
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0032

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
75	0	1	0	74

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

STEWARDESS SERVING IN FLIGHT MEAL BROKE ANKLE DUE TURBULENCE.

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 1-0032, 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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Other Lockheed L-188 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Apr 1966	Lockheed L-188 N5509	Charlotte Nc, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Aug 1965	Lockheed L-188 N7139C	Battle Mtn.nev, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
19 Apr 1965	Lockheed L-188 N5528	Tallahassee Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
15 Feb 1965	Lockheed L-188 N111	Okarche Okla, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 Sep 1968	Lockheed L-188 N6121	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Apr 1964	Lockheed L-188 N6123A	Flushing New York, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 14 records for this type

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