- Date
- May 9, 1973
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 19 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N119AADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189845
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0019 73/5/9 TUCSON,ARIZ DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1247 N119AA PX- 0 0 10 51, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCSON INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ TUCSON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- TAILSTRIKE ON LNDG.PLT UNFAMLR W LNDG ATT LMTS. PLT MAINTD EXCESSIVE NOSE HIGH LNDG ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N119AA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Tucson Intl
N119AARegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2002 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Engine modelGE CF6-6 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.