Boeing 720 N7081

Summary

On 6 August 1970 at about 12:57 local time, a Boeing 720 registered N7081, operated by Western Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 97 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 August 1970 at 12:57

Classification

Incident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Anchorage Intl

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 720

Registration

N7081

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

4

Operator

Western Air Lines, Inc.

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Los Angeles, Calif → S

Aircraft damage

Minor

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

4-0031

1 person had minor injuries.

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

HI STRAIN RATE FRACTURE.LOAD APPLIED IN MANNER SUCH AS IF ACFT WERE LNDD AT ANGLE TO NML FWD DIR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.