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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747151 · Minneapolis, MN · July 9, 1981

Date
July 9, 1981 · 16:20 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis-St Pa
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N602US
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81IA074
Reported as
Boeing 747151
People aboard
324
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,424 total350 in this make and model206 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flap drive torque tube failed when flaps extended, fractured fiber glass panel. Normal landing.

As the FAA filed it

FLAP DRIVE TORQUE TUBE FAILED WHEN FLAPS EXTENDED, FRACTURED FIBER GLASS PANEL. NORMAL LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.