- Date
- March 11, 1971
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N789ASBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161311
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0013 71/3/11 KOTZEBUE,ALAS BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1800 N789AS PX- 0 0 0 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 - WEIN MEMORIAL OPERATOR - ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,ALAS NOME,ALAS KOTZEBUE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- NR ATNDNTS,PX NOT RPRTD.LMG ACTUATOR BEAM FAILED AT OUTBD CLEVIS ATTACH LUGS.BEAM PENETRATED L WG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N789AS
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Wein Memorial
N789ASRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2017 · Boeing E75Airframe modelBoeing E75Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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