- Date
- August 22, 1973
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 45 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7381FBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0025 73/8/22 NR.RAPID CITY,S DAK BOEING 737 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0555 N7381F PX- 0 0 40 49, 20112 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2050 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MINOT,N DAK TUCSON,ARIZ ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: FLIGHT CONTROL BOOST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUCTUATING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- UNWANTED SUDDEN YAW DAMPER-INDUCED RUDDER INPUT,DUE DEFECTIVE COIL IN SYS.CTL MALF DRG PREV TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7381F
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N7381FRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Boeing 737-2H4Airframe modelBoeing 737-2H4Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
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Other investigations on N7381F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DCA83AA021Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportCasper, WYAcft touched down with all landing gear retracted. The gear handle was found in the neutral position. The first officer was distracted by an inop aps and both the captain and the first officer were distracted by a GPWS aural warning on final apch.NTSB SEA74AS006Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMissoula, MT