Boeing 707 N7566

18 September 1979 · Palatine, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 September 1979 at about 05:07 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N7566, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Palatine, Illinois, United States. 3 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: 18 September 1979 at 05:07
Classification: Accident
Location: Palatine, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: O'hare Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N7566
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: San Fransisco, Il → Chicago, Il
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 1-0029

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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.

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UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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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 1-0029, 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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