- Date
- March 28, 1970
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 109 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7591ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131197
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0025 70/3/28 NR.CHICAGO,ILL BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1205 N7591A PX- 0 0102 40, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION REMARKS- CAPT BECAME INCAPACITATED UN PERFORM DUTIES RESULT OF ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN.FLT DIVERTED TO ORD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7591A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N7591ARegistration cancelled Feb 4, 1982 · Boeing 707-123BAirframe modelBoeing 707-123BEngine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.