- Date
- April 24, 1966
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 57 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7516ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0021 66/4/24 PHILADELPHIA PA BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2010 N7516A PX- 0 0 50 59, 25165 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 5390 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH REMARKS- STRUCK MIDDLE MARKER ANTENNA WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7516A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
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