- Date
- October 13, 1981
- Place
- Dal Ftw Arpt, TX · DAL FTW ARPT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 89 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6816Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 81/10/13 DAL FTW ARPT,TX BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2245 N6816 PX- 0 0 83 51, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 7000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALLAS FORT WORTH OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAL FTW ARPT,TX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT REMARKS- F/A OPENED DOOR TO LOAD LATE PAX,USED IMPROPER PROC,THOUGHT JET BRIDGE WAS SECURED TO ACFT,FELL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6816
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Dallas Fort Worth
N6816Registration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Boeing 727-223Airframe modelBoeing 727-223Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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Other investigations on N6816 · 1
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