Boeing 727 N839AA

24 July 1975 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 July 1975 at about 15:15 local time, a Boeing 727 registered N839AA, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Los Angeles, California, United States. 56 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 July 1975 at 15:15
Classification: Incident
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nearest airport: Los Angeles Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Registration: N839AA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0007

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
56	0	0	0	56

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

BOEING SERVICE BULLETIN NEW. RMG SIDE STRUT ASSYSEPARATED FRM SHOCK STRUT. LOCKING PIN SHEARED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0007, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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