- Date
- September 18, 1979
- Place
- Palatine, IL · PALATINE, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7566Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790918023749I
- Case key
- 133885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0029 79/9/18 PALATINE,IL BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0507 N7566 PX- 0 0 0 44, 11500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANSISCO,IL CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH REMARKS- UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7566
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- O'Hare Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
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