NYC66I0049

NTSB incident investigation · Douglas DC-6 · Boston, MA · October 17, 1965

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
October 17, 1965
Place
Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
Injuries
10 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N90748Douglas DC-6
Status
Completed · report January 28, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
175435

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0028  65/10/17   BOSTON MASS         DOUGLAS DC-6        CR-  0  0  5  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1859                    N90748              PX-  0  0  5                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTERNATION
        OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH

Aircraft

Registration
N90748
Reported as
Douglas DC-6
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
No damage
Airport
Logan Internation

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.