Boeing 707 N8436
20 January 1973 · Elk Grv Vllg, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 January 1973 at about 09:33 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N8436, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Elk Grv Vllg, Illinois, United States. 72 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 09:33
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Elk Grv Vllg, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- O'hare Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 707
- Registration
- N8436
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- American Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Chicago, Ill → Honolulu, Hawaii
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0001
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
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
FRETTING-3RD STAGE NOZZLE VANE RETAINING LUGS, NR4 ENG.STRUCT WING DMG FRM SEPD TURBINE ASSY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 1973 | Boeing 707 | Denver, Colorado, United States | American Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
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| 3 Nov 1973 | Boeing 707 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 22 Jul 1973 | Boeing 707 | Papeete, Other-Foreign Countries | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 78 |
| 28 Aug 1973 | Boeing 707 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |