- Date
- September 4, 1973
- Place
- N.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · N.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 11 minor, 334 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9676Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 73/9/4 N.ATLANTIC OCEAN BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 16 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0055 N9676 PX- 0 1329 59, 29400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- CAPT ADVSD PAX TO KEEP SEATBELTS ON.CAT 3-4 SEC.PERS INJURED WERE NOT SEATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9676
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage