- Date
- November 8, 1970
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 46 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N973ABoeing B727
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158800
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0057 70/11/8 NR.LOS ANGELES,CALIF BOEING B727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1140 N973A PX- 0 0 39 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. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO LOS ANGELES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- R LDG GR RETRACT ACTUATOR BEAM P/N 65-17658-11 FAILED AT SUPPORT LINK ATCH POINT,BEAM ROTATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N973A
- Reported as
- Boeing B727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl