- Date
- February 18, 1975
- Place
- Longview, TX · LONGVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7589ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0003 75/2/18 LONGVIEW,TX BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 TRAINING ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1259 N7589A PX- 0 0 0 55, 21302 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1641 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREGG COUNTY OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- GR OUTER CYL IMPROPERLY MACHINED.CAUSED STRESS CONCENTRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7589A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gregg County
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