- Date
- July 20, 1969
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 99 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1974Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164006
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0020 69/7/20 WASHINGTON,DC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0840 N1974 PX- 0 0 92 UNK/NR, 13775 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1974
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N1974Registration cancelled Aug 7, 2012 · Boeing 727-23Airframe modelBoeing 727-23Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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