LAX74IL063

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 707 · Phoenix, AZ · March 20, 1974

Incident · Minor injuriesClosed
Date
March 20, 1974
Place
Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
Injuries
6 minor, 107 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N7571ABoeing 707
Status
Completed · report October 24, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
170217

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0018  74/3/20  NR.PHOENIX,ARIZ       BOEING 707          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1153                    N7571A              PX-  0  0106                            UNK/NR, 16100 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 4500 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF OTHER TRAFFIC
        REMARKS- NR COLLISION WITH UNK ACFT.ATC SYSTEM,LACK OF PROC CTL TO SEPARATE KNOWN IFR FM UNK VFR TRAFFIC.

Aircraft

Registration
N7571A
Reported as
Boeing 707
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
No damage

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.