# NTSB FTW66A0028: Boeing B-720, N7078, Mexico City, Mexico, September 11, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 11, 1965
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico · MEXICO CITY, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 127 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 11, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0028
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0028-201532

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0075  65/9/11    MEXICO CITY,MEX.    BOEING B-720        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1430                    N7078               PX-  0  0120                            Z , UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - INTL AIRPORT
        OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7078 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-720
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Intl Airport

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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