- Date
- December 31, 1970
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9003UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0080 70/12/31 WASHINGTON,DC BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TIME - 1202 N9003U PX- 0 0 0 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WASH NATL ARPT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC KNOXVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT REMARKS- EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN CABIN FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE DURING OXYGEN SERVICING. PLTS AND PAX NOT ABD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9003U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wash Natl Arpt
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