- Date
- October 30, 1969
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Injuries
- 113 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4528WBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0044 69/10/30 PHOENIX,ARIZ BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N4528W PX- 0 0107 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF REMARKS- R MLG OUTBOARD AXLE FAILED DUE FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4528W
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Sky Harbor
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