- Date
- August 23, 1975
- Place
- Buffalo, NY · BUFFALO, NY
- Injuries
- 117 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6814Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0027 75/8/23 BUFFALO,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0941 N6814 PX- 0 0109 44, 9023 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1985 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLUSHING,NY BUFFALO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- FATIGUE FRACTURE L MLG LINK ASSEMBLY TRUNNION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6814
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo Intl
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