- Date
- August 9, 1966
- Place
- Harrisburg, PA · HARRISBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 139 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7504Boeing 707123
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0026 66/8/9 NR.HARRISBURG PA BOEING 707123 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1505 N7504 PX- 0 1131 53, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON AND CREW HAD ISSUED WARNINGS. PASSENGER WAS STANDING IN AISLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7504
- Reported as
- Boeing 707123
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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