- Date
- October 3, 1974
- Place
- Brownsville, TX · BROWNSVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 65 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N120AADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0027 74/10/3 NR.BROWNSVILLE,TEX DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1910 N120AA PX- 0 0 53 55, 21000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DALLAS,TEX ACAPULCO,MEX MEXICO CITY,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT ENGINEER: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - AIR CONDITION,HEATING AND PRESSURIZATION: OTHER SYSTEMS - OXYGEN SYSTEM: PASSENGER SYSTEM REMARKS- #3 PNEUMATIC SYS INOP.UN TO MNTN CABIN ALT.BYPASSED RAPID-DECOMP CK LIST.CABIN ALT INC TO 25000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N120AA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N120AARegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2002 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Engine modelGE CF6-6 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.