# NTSB NYC71IN027: Boeing 747, Boston, MA, August 26, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1970
- Place: Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 24 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 5, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108383
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC71IN027
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC71IN027

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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C-0002  70/8/26    BOSTON,MASS         BOEING 747          CR-  0  0  9  TRAINING                  CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 0852                    G-AWNA              PX-  0  0 15                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL
        OPERATOR - BRITISH AIRWAYS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          LONDON,ENGLAND              JFK INTL,NY                  BOSTON,MASS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- BOTH INBD FLAP TRACK FAIRINGS DMGD AT UNDET TIME. AFT FLAP TRACK MECHANISM JUMPED TRACK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-AWNA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Logan Intl

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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