- Date
- May 7, 1973
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 62 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N102AADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0011 73/5/7 NR.TUCSON,ARIZ DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1037 N102AA PX- 0 0 53 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL TUCSON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- R AIR COND DOOR SEPARATED IN FLT. DMGD CABIN WINDOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102AA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N102AARegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2002 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Engine modelGE CF6-6 series
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