- Date
- August 4, 1972
- Place
- Moline, IL · MOLINE, IL
- Injuries
- 219 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1806UDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0034 72/8/4 MOLINE,ILL DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1732 N1806U PX- 0 0206 UNK/NR, 20820 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 266 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FIRE WARNING SYSTEM: POWERPLANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FALSE FIRE WARNING REMARKS- ENG SHUT DOWN.B LOOP OPEN,DEFERRED DEFICIENCY.A LOOP GNDD,GIVEN FALSE FIRE WARNING NR2 ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1806U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage