- Date
- December 1, 1980
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 88 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N740NBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801201087199I
- Case key
- 128454
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0012 80/12/1 RICHMOND,VA BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2111 N740N PX- 0 0 83 49, 21319 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 2980 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BYRD INTL OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- #4 ANTI-SKID VALVE FAILED,WHEEL FUSE PLUGS ACTIVATED,TIRE DEFLATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N740N
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Byrd Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.