- Date
- May 9, 1965
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX · MINERAL WELLS, TX
- Injuries
- 96 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7503ABoeing 707 123
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0053 65/5/9 NR.MINERAL WELLS TEX BOEING 707 123 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1410 N7503A PX- 0 0 89 47, 17500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 310 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF MISC-WINDSHIELD CRAZED TO OPOQUENESS BY HAIL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) HAIL, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 310 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7503A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707 123
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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