Boeing 707 N7569A

14 December 1972 · Little Rock, Arkansas, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 14 December 1972 at about 07:50 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N7569A, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 December 1972 at 07:50
Classification: Incident
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Nearest airport: S
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N7569A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Operating rule: Intrastate Carrier
Purpose of flight: Scheduled Cargo Service
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Dallas, Tex → Chicago, Ill
Aircraft damage: None
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0041

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	1	2

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

CAPT INFLIGHT GASTROENTERITIS.F.O.MADE UNSCHEDULED STOP.NO DAMAGE.CAPT CLEARED FOR FLT NEXT DAY

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 4-0041, 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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