- Date
- April 19, 1979
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 71 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6821Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0032 79/4/19 PHILADELPHIA,PA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1253 N6821 PX- 0 0 65 45, 11414 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3372 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 19 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6821
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
N6821Registration cancelled May 19, 2007 · Boeing 727-223Airframe modelBoeing 727-223Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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Other investigations on N6821 · 1
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