- Date
- January 7, 1970
- Place
- Wash Natl Apt, VA · WASH NATL APT, VA
- Injuries
- 47 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N725ALBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0001 70/1/7 NR.WASH NATL APT,VA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N725AL PX- 0 0 41 46, 13560 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2499 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JFK INTL APT,NY JACKSONVILLE,FLA WASH NATL APT,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: WING SPOILER SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- NR 2 AND 10 SPOILER ACTUATOR ROD END P/N 27035 FAILED AT BEARING BOLT.ROD END P/N 33079 REPLACES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N725AL
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage