Boeing 737-291 N7345F

Summary

On 13 August 1982 at about 04:28 local time, a Boeing 737-291 registered N7345F was involved in an incident near North Platte, Nebraska, United States. 33 people were on board and 33 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 August 1982 at 04:28

Classification

Incident

Location

North Platte, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Lee Bird Field (LBF)

Coordinates

41.1296, -100.7703

Aircraft

Boeing 737-291

Registration

N7345F

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Scottsbluff → North Platte

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC82IA143

33 people had minor injuries.

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FIRST OFFICER WAS HAND FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE IFR APPROACH. BOTH FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS SAW THE APPROACH AND RUNWAY LIGHTS AND CONFIRMED THE CLOUD CEILING WAS 300 FT AND VISIBILITY WAS 3/4 MILE. THE APPROACH WAS CONTINUED AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO 200 FT AGL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEVELED MOMENTARILY BECAUSE OF LOST VISUAL CONTACT AND THE DESCENT WAS CONTINUED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED PATCHY FOG THAT OBSCURED THE RUNWAY. THE CREW STATED THAT THEY WERE GIVING THOUGHTS OF GOING AROUND, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS, BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.