- Date
- June 24, 1972
- Place
- St.Louis, MO · ST.LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6837Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 72/6/24 ST.LOUIS,MO BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 5 OTHER AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0030 N6837 PX- 0 0 2 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.LOUIS,MO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DRIVER INTENTIONALLY RAMMED INTO NOSE GR TO PREVENT HI-JACKED ACFT FROM DEPARTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6837
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Lambert Intl