Douglas DC-8 N791FT

Summary

On 4 February 1970, a Douglas DC-8 registered N791FT, operated by American Flyers Airline Corp., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. 228 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 February 1970

Classification

Incident

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

McCarran

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-8

Registration

N791FT

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

4

Operator

American Flyers Airline Corp.

Phase of flight

Takeoff

Route

S → Boston, Mass

Aircraft damage

None

Light

Unknown/Not Reported

NTSB number

4-0010

Nobody was injured.

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

ELEV CTL BINDING DRG T/O.NYLON ELEC STRING TIE P/N TY-RAP-SST2 USED DRG PITCH TRIM MAINT NOT RMVD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.