- Date
- April 30, 1974
- Place
- Sierra Blanca, TX · SIERRA BLANCA, TX
- Injuries
- 97 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4736Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79459
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0007 74/4/30 NR.SIERRA BLANCA,TEX BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1710 N4736 PX- 0 0 89 53, 13429 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4002 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN DIEGO,CALIF MIAMI,FLA NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE TEARAWAY IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MOUNT AND VIBRATION ISOLATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FLUID LK FM R FWD LAV TANK DRAIN DONUT PLUG.IMPACT DMG R LDG LT,HUMAN WASTE ON #3 ENG NOSE CONE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4736
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N4736Registration cancelled Jul 11, 2013 · Boeing 727-235Airframe modelBoeing 727-235Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.