- Date
- February 16, 1968
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 18 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7270LBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111558
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3500 68/2/16 SEATTLE,WASH BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 18 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0942 N7270L PX- 0 0 0 TEST 48, 7496 TOTAL HOURS, 648 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KING COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FAA CERTIFICATION TEST. PLT ALLOWED NOSE WHEEL TO TOUCH DOWN TOO HARD. DAMAGED UPPER FUSELAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7270L
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- King County
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