Boeing 720B N3156
28 March 1970 · Annette Isl, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 March 1970 at about 18:10 local time, a Boeing 720B registered N3156, operated by Western Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Annette Isl, Alaska, United States. 27 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 18:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Annette Isl, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 720B
- Registration
- N3156
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Western Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Anchorage, Alas → Seattle, Wash
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0055
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
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
DUE TO INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE CAUSE OF SEPARATIONOF FAN HUB FRM NR 1 ENG COULD NOT BE DTRMND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 720 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Mar 1970 | Boeing 720 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Nov 1970 | Boeing 720 | Pt.reyes, California, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 1970 | Boeing 720 | Dallas, Texas, United States | Braniff Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jan 1970 | Boeing 720B | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Western Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1970 | Boeing 720 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Western Air Lines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Mar 1970 | Boeing 720 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |