- Date
- January 30, 1969
- Place
- Roanoke, VA · ROANOKE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N738NBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191277
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0001 69/1/30 ROANOKE,VA BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 TEST AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1853 N738N PX- 0 0 0 53, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODRUM OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAXI: OTHER REMARKS- FIRE IN WHEELS,AND BRAKES DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST. BRAKE VALVES REPLACED PRIOR TO TEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738N
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodrum