- Date
- January 2, 1971
- Place
- Imperial, CA · IMPERIAL, CA
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 91 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1991Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160382
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0006 71/1/2 NR.IMPERIAL,CALIF BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0740 N1991 PX- 0 0 86 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 LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN DIEGO,CALIF NEW YORK,NY PHOENIX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ATTENDANTS PREPARING AND SERVING FOOD.WX BUREAU SIGMET BRAVO 1 ISSUED 0730-RCVD BY FSS AFTR INCDT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1991
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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