DCA82IA010

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 747 · Honolulu, HI · December 18, 1981

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
December 18, 1981
Place
Honolulu, HI · HONOLULU, HI
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N674Boeing 747
Status
Completed · report October 5, 1982
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
122694

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0007  81/12/18 NR.HONOLULU,HI        BOEING 747          CR-  0  0  1  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N674                PX-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DALLAS,TX                  HONOLULU,HI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           COPILOT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES
        REMARKS- BROKEN PB-4 LINE FOUND AT DIFFUSER CASE NR 1 ENG.F/O INADVERTENTLY SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENG.

Aircraft

Registration
N674
Reported as
Boeing 747
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
No damage