# NTSB DEN64A0023: Boeing 707, N7523A, Phoenix, AZ, September 23, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: September 23, 1963
- Place: Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 93 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 20, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111230
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN64A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN64A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0065  63/9/23  NR.PHOENIX,ARIZ       BOEING 707          CR-  0  0  8  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1828                    N7523A              PX-  0  1 86                            49, 20800 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            1989 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- PLT AND CO-PLT DOVE ACFT ABRUBTLY TO AVOID CESSNA N9422T. CESSNA PLT DID NOT SEE N7523A.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7523A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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