- Date
- December 4, 1970
- Place
- Hill City, KS · HILL CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 77 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N740PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159496
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0044 70/12/4 NR.HILL CITY,KANS BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 17 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0900 N740PA PX- 0 0 60 56, 22000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 124 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JFK INTL APT,NY LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- OUTER LAYER OF PLTS FRONT WINDSHIELD PANEL SEPARATED IN FLT. LND AT DENVER OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N740PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage