- Date
- May 7, 1971
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 minor, 62 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N740NBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161235
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0030 71/5/7 CHARLOTTE,NC BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0850 N740N PX- 0 1 63 49, 16761 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1193 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS MUNI OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NORFOLK,VA MEMPHIS,TENN CHARLOTTE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - FIRE WARNING SYSTEM: POWERPLANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC REMARKS- FIRE WRNG NR2 ENG.CAPT EVAC ORDER MISINTERPRETED BY CABIN ATNDNT AS EMERG.SOME PX JUMPED OFF WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N740N
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Douglas Muni