Boeing 747 N9676

4 September 1973 · N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 4 September 1973 at about 00:55 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N9676, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 346 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 11 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 September 1973 at 00:55
Classification: Accident
Location: N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N9676
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: 1-0023

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
346	0	1	11	334

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 ADVSD PAX TO KEEP SEATBELTS ON.CAT 3-4 SEC.PERS INJURED WERE NOT SEATED.

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 1-0023, 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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