- Date
- June 28, 1963
- Place
- Litchfield, MI · LITCHFIELD, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 135 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7509ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0034 63/6/28 LITCHFIELD,MICH BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1550 N7509A PX- 0 1131 UNK/NR, 18260 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2640 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON. FLT ATTENDANTS FAILED TO ASSURE ALL PAX HAD SEAT BELTS FASTENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7509A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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