- Date
- May 1, 1973
- Place
- No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 84 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8406Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189839
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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 73/5/1 NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N8406 PX- 0 0 76 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY PORT AU PRINCE,HAITI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - OXYGEN SYSTEM: PORTABLE SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED REMARKS- PORTABLE OXYGEN GENERATOR IGNITED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8406
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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