- Date
- February 13, 1966
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 127 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7078Boeing B-720
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0007 66/2/13 DALLAS TEXAS BOEING B-720 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2015 N7078 PX- 0 0121 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVE FIELD OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: ROLL FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: SPACER,WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ENGINE EXPLODED DURING REVERSE-THRUST CYCLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7078
- Reported as
- Boeing B-720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Love Field