- Date
- December 28, 1974
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 minor, 29 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8432Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141164
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0044 74/12/28 NR.RICHMOND,VA BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2140 N8432 PX- 0 0 28 56, 23616 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3592 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN JUAN,PR JAMAICA,NY WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNCONTROLLED ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- DSCNDG THRU 10950FT ABT 1071 FPM AT 256K ACFT PITCHED-UP.POST EXAM,ACFT AND SYS CKD OK.NO TURBC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8432
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage