- Date
- March 29, 1971
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH · CINCINNATI, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 34 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6816Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0037 71/3/29 NR.CINCINNATI,OHIO BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0740 N6816 PX- 0 0 30 40, 11600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN COLUMBUS,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- TURBC NOT FCST. STEWARDESSES CHECKING PSGR SEAT BELTS,SERVING MEAL.SEAT BELT SIGN ON FOR DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6816
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N6816Registration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Boeing 727-223Airframe modelBoeing 727-223Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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