- Date
- July 24, 1975
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 56 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N839AABoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0007 75/7/24 LOS ANGELES,CA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1515 N839AA PX- 0 0 50 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED REMARKS- BOEING SERVICE BULLETIN NEW. RMG SIDE STRUT ASSY SEPARATED FRM SHOCK STRUT. LOCKING PIN SHEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N839AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl