- Date
- February 4, 1970
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 228 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N791FTDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138346
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0010 70/2/4 LAS VEGAS,NEV DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N791FT PX- 0 0221 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 - MCCARRAN OPERATOR - AMERICAN FLYERS AIRLINE CORP. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAS VEGAS,NEV BOSTON,MASS CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING REMARKS- ELEV CTL BINDING DRG T/O.NYLON ELEC STRING TIE P/N TY-RAP-SST2 USED DRG PITCH TRIM MAINT NOT RMVD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N791FT
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Mccarran
N791FTRegistration cancelled May 17, 2006 · Douglas DC-8-73FAirframe modelDouglas DC-8-73FEngine modelCFM International CFM56 series
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