# NTSB ANC73AA031: Boeing 747, Anchorage, AK, November 1, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 1, 1972
- 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: No injuries
- Injuries: 281 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169753
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC73AA031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73AA031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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A-0003   72/11/1   ANCHORAGE,ALAS      BOEING 747          CR-  0  0 20  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1057                    JA8107              PX-  0  0261                            36, 8139 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1312 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL
        OPERATOR - JAPAN AIRLINES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          TOKYO,JAPAN                 HAMBURG,GERMANY              ANCHORAGE,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
        REMARKS- NOSE GR DIDNT EXTEND FOR UNDET REASON.WRNG HORN SOUNDED,GR UNSAFE LTS ON.DIDNT USE EMERG GR SYS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: JA8107 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial 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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