- Date
- July 5, 1965
- Place
- Texarkana, AR · TEXARKANA, AR
- Injuries
- 100 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7507ABoeing 707 123B
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0054 65/7/5 NR.TEXARKANA ARK BOEING 707 123B CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1751 N7507A PX- 0 0 93 UNK/NR, 22889 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HAIL, SNOW GRAINS/SNOW PELLETS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- HAIL ENCOUNTER WAS IN VICINITY OF LARGE THUNDERSTORM WITH LONG STREAMING ANVIL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7507A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707 123B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage