- Date
- September 23, 1968
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 82 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1981Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79542
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0029 68/9/23 SPRINGFIELD,ILL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1245 N1981 PX- 0 5 75 46, 11000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 275 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- PX INJURED WHEN THEY JUMPED OR SLID FROM LEADING EDGE OF WINGS. POSSIBILITY OF DYNAMITE ABOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1981
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Capital