- Date
- March 31, 1971
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 85 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7542AABoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 71/3/31 NR.ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1400 N7542AA PX- 0 0 78 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNCONTROLLED ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - AUTO PILOT: TRANSMITTER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUCTUATING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELONGATED REMARKS- UNWANTED ACFT TRIM.HRZN POS TRANS P/N 4572-8A1 SHAFT SLIPPED.CRANK P/N 66-9350-3 HOLE ENLGD-WEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7542AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage