- Date
- December 20, 1973
- Place
- Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 95 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N964Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0031 73/12/20 NR.SYRACUSE,NY BOEING 727 CR- 1 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0840 N964 PX- 0 0 90 50, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MASS DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK REMARKS- LNDD AT SYR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N964
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage