- Date
- March 1, 1962
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Aircraft
- N7506ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107136
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0001 62/3/1 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 707 CR- 8 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1009 N7506A PX- 87 0 0 56, 18300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW YORK INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RUDDER CTL SYS MALFUNCTION PRODUCED YAW,SIDESLIP AND ROLL,LED TO LOSS OF CTL.RECOV ACTION INEFFECT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7506A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
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