- Date
- April 5, 1977
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 51 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7508ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0008 77/4/5 NR.ST LOUIS,MO BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0936 N7508A PX- 0 0 45 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ST LOUIS LAMBERT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO LOS ANGELES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE TEARAWAY IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: NACELLES,PODS,PYLONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- #3 PYLON MID-SPAR ATTACHMENT FITTING.PYLON & ENGINE SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7508A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- St Louis Lambert
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