- Date
- May 13, 1971
- Place
- Honolulu, HI · HONOLULU, HI
- Injuries
- 42 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N607USBoeing B747
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1972
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79532
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0005 71/5/13 HONOLULU,HAWAII BOEING B747 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1335 N607US PX- 0 0 31 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HAWAII TOKYO,JAPAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: WHEEL TURBINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- FATIGUE CRACK ORIGTD IN NICKEL-PLATED AREA OF REWORKED TURBINE AIR SEAL LAND,PROGD INTO BASE MTRL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N607US
- Reported as
- Boeing B747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.