- Date
- October 11, 1975
- Place
- Chantilly, VA · CHANTILLY, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 88 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1905Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0015 75/10/11 CHANTILLY,VA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1243 N1905 PX- 0 0 83 40, 9242 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3216 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL ARPT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEW YORK,NY LITTLE ROCK,AR MEMPHIS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- NLG RELEASE MECHANISM TORSION SHAFT FAILED INBD OF ACTUATOR CRANK DUE STRESS CORROSION CRACKING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1905
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl Arpt
N1905Registration cancelled Sep 18, 2017 · Barrett Michael D CHALLENGER IIAirframe modelBarrett Michael D CHALLENGER II
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.