- Date
- July 21, 1971
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 113 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8405Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163666
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0021 71/7/21 DALLAS,TEX BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1355 N8405 PX- 0 0105 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVE OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- INTERNAL FAILURE OF NR 3 ENG. ABORTED T/O OK. DEBRIS DMGD NR 4 ENG,R SIDE FUSELAGE AND R WG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8405
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Love
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