- Date
- July 12, 1975
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 328 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N670AABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0033 75/7/12 ATLANTIC OCEAN BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 14 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1545 N670AA PX- 0 1314 55, 22405 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2550 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 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 IFR REMARKS- PAX RGTURNING FM AFT LAVATORY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N670AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage