- Date
- November 8, 1965
- Place
- Constance, KY · CONSTANCE, KY
- Injuries
- 58 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1996Boeing B-727
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0031 65/11/8 NR.CONSTANCE,KY. BOEING B-727 CR- 5 1 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1902 N1996 PX- 53 3 0 46, 16387 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 225 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER CINCINNAT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-PLTS DID NOT MONITOR ALTIMETERS DURNG APPRCH WEATHER - RAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR CONTROLLED VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CO-PLT WAS A 727 CAPTAIN RCVNG ROUTE CHECK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1996
- Reported as
- Boeing B-727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greater Cincinnat
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