# NTSB IAD70I0031: Boeing 737, N741N, Dulles Arpt, VA, November 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 7, 1969
- Place: Dulles Arpt, VA · DULLES ARPT, VA
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 57 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147088
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70I0031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70I0031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0022   69/11/7   DULLES ARPT,VA      BOEING 737          CR-  0  0  5  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1845                    N741N               PX-  0  0 52                            48, 22900 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            950 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          LYNCHBURG,VA                NEW YORK,NY                 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- HYD LEAK DUE TO FAILED ACTUATOR O-RING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N741N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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