- Date
- August 17, 1970
- Place
- St.Jean, Canada · ST.JEAN,PQ, Canada
- Injuries
- 193 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- F-BPVDBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1970
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-0001 70/8/17 NR.ST.JEAN,PQ CANADA BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 17 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 2235 F-BPVD PX- 0 0176 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AIR FRANCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHICAGO,ILL PARIS,FRANCE MONTREAL P.Q.CANADA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- IN-FLT SEPN 2ND STAGE TURBINE DISK RIM NR 3 ENG AS RESULT OF INCOR ASSY OF HI-PRES TURBINE MODULE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-BPVD
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage