# NTSB ANC76AA056: Boeing 747, Anchorage, AK, December 16, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: December 16, 1975
- 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: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 9 minor, 110 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 18, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201316
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC76AA056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA056-201316

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-0004  75/12/16   ANCHORAGE,AK        BOEING 747          CR-  0  1 19  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2055                    JA8122              PX-  0  1100                            53, 17305 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            3252 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL
        OPERATOR - JAPAN AIRLINES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          PARIS,FRANCE                TOKYO,JAPAN                  ANCHORAGE,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 TAXI: OTHER
        REMARKS- WND GUSTING 33K.TAXING COND WERE DTRT.AMGNT FAILED TO ANCPT PREDICTABLE UNSAFE ICING COND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: JA8122 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- 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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