- Date
- August 15, 1969
- Place
- Chantilly, VA · CHANTILLY, VA
- Injuries
- 103 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N977ZDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0025 69/8/15 CHANTILLY,VA DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1529 N977Z PX- 0 0 98 50, 29980 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 2760 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL OPERATOR - OZARK AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANTILLY,VA WATERLOO,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- NR 3 MAIN GR TIRE FAILED AT ROTATION. DAMAGED HYD LINE,NR 2 NACELLE AREA AND ENG. LANDED OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N977Z
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl
N977ZRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2005 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31Engine 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.