- Date
- December 10, 1974
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 63 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7554ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0045 74/12/10 NR.PHOENIX,ARIZ BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1902 N7554A PX- 0 1 57 50, 25000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 11000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF PHOENIX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON REMARKS- PLT MISTOOK LTS FOR OTR UNREPORTED TRAFFIC.ENTRD R CLIMBING TURN.PAX FELL & BROKE LEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7554A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- 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.