- Date
- June 10, 1972
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 75 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1992Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0049 72/6/10 FLUSHING,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 2 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1515 N1992 PX- 0 0 71 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - OXYGEN SYSTEM: PORTABLE SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT REMARKS- PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE IGNITED DUE HYDRO-CARBON OIL CONTAMINATION WHEN TURNED ON FOR PAX USE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1992
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Laguardia
N1992Registration cancelled May 31, 2017 · Boeing 727-23Airframe modelBoeing 727-23Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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