- Date
- May 18, 1976
- Place
- Binghamton, NY · BINGHAMTON, NY
- Injuries
- 34 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6805Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154196
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0009 76/5/18 BINGHAMTON,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2110 N6805 PX- 0 0 27 41, 8505 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORONTO,CANADA FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FUMES IN CABIN REMARKS- PASS COAT ON FLOOR CAUGHT FIRE.SOURCE OF IGNITION WAS NOT DTMND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6805
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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