Boeing 747 N9664

14 July 1972 · No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Minor injuries

Summary

On 14 July 1972 at about 01:40 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N9664, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 294 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 July 1972 at 01:40
Classification: Incident
Location: No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N9664
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: San Juan, Pr → New York, Ny
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0020

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
294	0	0	1	293

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

UNEXPECTED SEVERE TURB. FOOD SERVICE IN PREPARATION.

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 4-0020, 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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Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 American Airlines, Inc. 231 Boeing 747 429 1972 4,478

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All 429 records for this type

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6 Jan 1972	De Havilland DH104 N979JC	St.mrtn, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.