- Date
- December 12, 1963
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8711EBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0069 63/12/12 NEW ORLEANS,LA BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0033 N8711E PX- 0 0 10 43, 19600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 417 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: DISC, COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- NO.1 ENG 3RD STAGE COMPRESSOR ROTOR DISC SPACER ASSY FAILED.REQUIRED MAINT DIRECTIVES ON ENG NCW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8711E
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moisant
N8711ERegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Boeing 720-025Airframe modelBoeing 720-025Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3C-4&6
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Other investigations on N8711E · 1
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