Douglas DC-10 N120AA

Summary

On 3 October 1974 at about 19:10 local time, a Douglas DC-10 registered N120AA, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Brownsville, Texas, United States. 65 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 October 1974 at 19:10

Classification

Incident

Location

Brownsville, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-10

Registration

N120AA

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

3

Operator

American Airlines, Inc.

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Dallas, Tex → Acapulco, Mex

Aircraft damage

None

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

4-0027

Nobody was injured.

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

#3 PNEUMATIC SYS INOP.UN TO MNTN CABIN ALT.BYPASSED RAPID-DECOMP CK LIST.CABIN ALT INC TO 25000FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.