Boeing B-720 N7078
13 February 1966 · Dallas Texas, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 February 1966 at about 20:15 local time, a Boeing B-720 registered N7078, operated by Braniff Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Dallas Texas, Texas, United States. 127 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Dallas Texas, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Love Field
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing B-720
- Registration
- N7078
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Braniff Airways, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0007
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
ENGINE EXPLODED DURING REVERSE-THRUST CYCLE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing B-720 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 1966 | Boeing B-720 | Little Rock Ark, Arkansas, United States | Braniff Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 16 Apr 1966 | Boeing B-720 | Jamaica Ny, New York, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 May 1966 | Boeing B-720 | San Antonio Tex, Texas, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 1966 | Boeing B-720 | Amarillo Tex, Texas, United States | Federal Aviati | No injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 1966 | Boeing B-720 | Oakland, California, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Nov 1966 | Boeing B-720 | Billings, Montana, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 1966 | Hughes 269A | Fort Collins Colo, Colorado, United States | Kensair Corp. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Mar 1966 | Piper PA-22 | Lake City Fla, Florida, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 1966 | Brantly B-2 | N.platte Nebr, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 1966 | Grumman TBM | Elko Nev, Nevada, United States | Sonora Avaitio | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Oct 1966 | Cessna 182 | Plankinton S Dak, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Jan 1966 | Cessna 140A | Geneva Ny, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |