- Date
- July 9, 1981
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 327 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N602USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810709054169I
- Case key
- 123599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0013 81/7/9 MINNEAPOLIS,MN BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 14 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1620 N602US PX- 0 0313 48, 17424 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONDON,ENGLAND MINNEAPOLIS,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: SPOILERS AND SLOTS-LEADING EDGE FLAPS,SPEED BRAKES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- LOW CYCLIC FATIGUE NO.7 LEADING EDGE FLAP DRIVE TORQUE TUBE,PN65B-80390-60.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N602US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Minneapolis Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.