- Date
- May 14, 1974
- Place
- Earlville, IL · EARLVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 116 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N106AADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0013 74/5/14 NR.EARLVILLE,ILL DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1420 N106AA PX- 0 0104 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 LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LIGHTNING STRIKE PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LIGHTNING STRIKE IMPROPERLY SECURED DOOR OPENED,SEPRTD.MFG INITIATED DOOR HANDLE DESIGN REVISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N106AA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N106AARegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2002 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Engine modelGE CF6-6 series
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