# NTSB LAX74IL063: Boeing 707, N7571A, Phoenix, AZ, March 20, 1974

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: March 20, 1974
- Place: Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 6 minor, 107 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 170217
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX74IL063
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74IL063

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7571A-1982-02-04), registration cancelled 1982-02-04, S/N 19187, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-123B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-123b) (registry code 138360H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (registry code 52039, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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