- Date
- November 3, 1973
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 24 minor, 103 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60NADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1973
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0043 73/11/3 NR.ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1640 N60NA PX- 1 0115 54, 21853 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 801 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: FAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- NR3 FAN ASSY DSNTRGTD,WINDOW SEPD,PAX EJECTED.REASON FOR HI FAN SPEED NOT DTRMD CONCLUSIVELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60NA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage