# NTSB ANC71IA016: Boeing 720, N7081, Anchorage, AK, August 6, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: August 6, 1970
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 96 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC71IA016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC71IA016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 720
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Anchorage Intl

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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