- Date
- July 26, 1972
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 62 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4735Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0030 72/7/26 NEW ORLEANS,LA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1407 N4735 PX- 0 0 55 35, 5770 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3383 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW ORLEANS INTL OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN DIEGO,CALIF BOSTON,MASS NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LCL CTL INFORMED RADAR CTLR OF SQUALL IN APCH ZONE.INFO NOT RELAYED TO CREW.UN MAINTAIN MIN ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4735
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- New Orleans Intl
N4735Registration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Boeing 727-235Airframe modelBoeing 727-235Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.