- Date
- March 16, 1963
- Place
- Oakland, CA · OAKLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N359AADouglas DC-7B
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0025 63/3/16 OAKLAND,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-7B CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0729 N359AA PX- 0 0 39 50, 20700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL TIRE PRESSURE LOW. NOSE WHEEL STEERING ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE ZERO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N359AA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland Intl