- Date
- August 17, 1971
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 181 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N103AADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0045 71/8/17 NR.LOS ANGELES,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0900 N103AA PX- 0 0168 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- TAIL CONE DOORS CAME OPEN.LODGED IN BOTH INBOARD ELEV.NR 2 ENG CKD BY MAINT PERS BEFORE FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N103AA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N103AARegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2002 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Engine modelGE CF6-6 series
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.
Other investigations on N103AA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC84IA048Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportNewark, NJThe acft experienced a complete truck beam failure after touchdown. Metallurgical examination revealed a crack near the right rear truck pivot pin lubrication hole which showed propagation to the lower end of the grease hole on the mating surface. Grease hole…NTSB CHI72AC099Accident · Minor injuriesClosedWindsor, Canada