- Date
- June 20, 1971
- Place
- Tokyo, JA · TOKYO, Japan
- Injuries
- 219 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N606USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0039 71/6/20 TOKYO,JAPAN BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2230 N606US PX- 0 0208 56, 22000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOKYO INTL OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOKYO,JAPAN SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF JAPAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N606US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tokyo Intl