- Date
- August 6, 1970
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 96 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7081Boeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107997
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0031 70/8/6 ANCHORAGE,ALAS BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1257 N7081 PX- 0 0 90 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ANGELES,CALIF ANCHORAGE,ALAS JUNEAU,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HI STRAIN RATE FRACTURE.LOAD APPLIED IN MANNER SUCH AS IF ACFT WERE LNDD AT ANGLE TO NML FWD DIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7081
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Anchorage Intl