# NTSB IAD71II025: Boeing 727, N7273, Washington, DC, November 17, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 17, 1970
- Place: Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 44 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 8, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159495
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD71II025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD71II025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0043  70/11/17   WASHINGTON,DC       BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1325                    N7273               PX-  0  0 38                            49, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WASH NATL ARPT
        OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          NASHVILLE,TENN              JAMAICA,NY                   WASHINGTON,DC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - THRUST REVERSER: REVERSER DOORS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- NR 1 UPPER THRUST REVERSER DOORS SEPARATED AND STRUCK L HORIZONTAL STAB.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7273](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7273-2008-11-04), registration cancelled 2008-11-04, S/N 25898 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-25C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-25c) (registry code 1384990) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Wash Natl Arpt

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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