- Date
- September 14, 1967
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Injuries
- 106 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7598ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0027 67/9/14 PHOENIX,ARIZ BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2030 N7598A PX- 0 0 99 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-ELEC WALL HEATING BLANKET IGNITED. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FIRE EXTINGUISHED,ACFT WAS LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7598A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
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