- Date
- February 25, 1970
- Place
- Phillipsburg, PA · PHILLIPSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 66 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6828Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0008 70/2/25 NR.PHILLIPSBURG,PA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N6828 PX- 0 1 59 49, 16500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ST LOUIS,MO BOSTON,MASS NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED 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- ACFT ENCTRD LIGHT CHOP.PAX AGE 78 FELL AND BROKE HIP WHILE WALKING IN BUFFET AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6828
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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