# NTSB NYC72IN136: Boeing 720B, N736US, Front Royal, VA, April 26, 1972

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 26, 1972
- Place: Front Royal, VA · FRONT ROYAL, VA
- Location: 38.9250° N, 78.1834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Front Royal, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9250&lon=-78.1834&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 82 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1972
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79514
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72IN136
- Board report AAR7230 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7230.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72IN136

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0002  72/4/26  NR.FRONT ROYAL,VA     BOEING 720B         CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1635                    N736US              PX-  0  0 77                            44, 15618 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            5738 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          PORTLAND,OREG               WASHINGTON,DC                SEATTLE,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-LACK OF VISUAL SCANNING VIGILANCE,BOTH CREWS
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- MINOR INJ,2 STEWS,AVOIDING N737Z IN VFR CONDS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N736US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 720B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage

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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