Boeing 747 JA8107
1 November 1972 · Anchorage, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 November 1972 at about 10:57 local time, a Boeing 747 registered JA8107, operated by Japan Airlines, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 281 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 10:57
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Anchorage Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747
- Registration
- JA8107
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Japan Airlines
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Tokyo, Japan → Hamburg, Germany
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- A-0003
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 281 |
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
NOSE GR DIDNT EXTEND FOR UNDET REASON.WRNG HORN SOUNDED, GR UNSAFE LTS ON.DIDNT USE EMERG GR SYS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 1972 | Boeing 747 | N.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Dec 1972 | Boeing 747 | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1972 | Boeing 747 | London, Europe | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1972 | Boeing 747 | Jamaica, New York, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1972 | Boeing 747 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 1972 | Boeing 747 | Madrid, Europe | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |