# NTSB FTW70A0021: Boeing 727, N8173G, New Orleans, LA, September 26, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 26, 1969
- Place: New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 2, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 157886
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70A0021
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70A0021

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0024  69/9/26    NEW ORLEANS,LA      BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM CARGO SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0156                    N8173G              PX-  0  0  0                            46, 13000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT INTL
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          HOUSTON,TEX                 NEW YORK,NY                  NEW ORLEANS,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          MISC-9 YR OLD MENTALLY RETARDED CHILD STRUCK BY GR
        REMARKS- NITE T/O. CHILD RESIDED NEAR ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8173G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Moisant Intl

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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