Boeing 737 N749N
30 December 1972 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 December 1972 at about 08:15 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N749N, operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. 81 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
- at 08:15
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- N749N
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Washington, Dc
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0044
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
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
BOTH AIR COND PACK DOORS SEPARATED.SERVICE CK PREVIOUS NITE.PLT SAID DOORS WERE CLOSED ON PRE-FLT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 1972 | Boeing 737 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |
| 9 Jun 1972 | Boeing 737 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1973 | Boeing 737 | St.louis, Missouri, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 1973 | Boeing 737 | W.yellowstne, Montana, United States | Western Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 1973 | Boeing 737 | Greensboro, North Carolina, United States | Piedmont Aviation, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Aug 1973 | Boeing 737 | Missoula, Montana, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 | - |
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