Douglas DC-9 N937F
23 June 1971 · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 June 1971 at about 16:50 local time, a Douglas DC-9 registered N937F, operated by Overseas National Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:50
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Weir Cook
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-9
- Registration
- N937F
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Overseas National Airways, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- Norfolk, Va → Rapid City, S Dak
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0011
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
NEAR GROSS WT. NR 1 MLG TIRE FAILED, CAUSED WHEELAND MORE TIRE FAILURE.STEERED OFF RWY DUE RWY LTS
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | New Haven, Connecticut, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Flushing, New York, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Barbados, Other-Foreign Countries | Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Duarte, California, United States | Hughes Airwest | Fatal | 50 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |