- Date
- May 13, 1968
- Place
- Mason City, IA · MASON CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 81 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7549AABoeing 720B
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111616
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 68/5/13 NR.MASON CITY,IOWA BOEING 720B CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1727 N7549AA PX- 0 1 77 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CREW WARNED PAX TO KEEP SEAT BELTS FASTENED DUE TO POSSIBLE TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7549AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 720B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage