- Date
- August 29, 1978
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 273 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1829UDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0020 78/8/29 NR.DENVER,CO DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 14 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1306 N1829U PX- 0 0259 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- STAGE 9 COMPRESSOR BLADE FAILURE.P/N K107.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1829U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage