- Date
- November 28, 1970
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 80 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9666Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0054 70/11/28 NR.CHICAGO,ILL BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1320 N9666 PX- 0 0 73 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL LOS ANGLES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- AUTOPILOT FLIGHT DIRECTOR MALFUNCTIONED.MODE SELECTOR PANEL P/N25-90624-914 NOT MODIFIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9666
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage