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UNK65X0354

1964-10-21 · ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1791 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (RIVA-SCHREDER HP-13, built 1970), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BOEING 727-23 · N1791
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
-42° F

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PERSONNEL-OUTBOARD FLAP RIGGED WITH EXCESS SHIMS.

Investigator remarks

ACFT EXPERIENCED BUFFTNG WHILE ACCLRTG TO M .885

Cause factors

  • 84/1/J 1
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Subordinate · 1

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 4 0040. Source file NTSB_1964_4_0040.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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