- Date
- July 10, 1974
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 9 minor, 42 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6818Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0028 74/7/10 CHICAGO,ILL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1838 N6818 PX- 0 2 43 57, 19153 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - O'HARE INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FIRE WARNING SYSTEM: POWERPLANT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FALSE FIRE WARNING REMARKS- #3 ENG FIRE WARNING IN CLIMB.RTRND TO ARPT.DELAY SWITCHING TO CRASH FREQ.INJURIES ON EVAC.NO FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6818
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- O'Hare Intl
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