# NTSB IAD71AI049: Boeing 737, N740N, Charlotte, NC, May 7, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 7, 1971
- Place: Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 6 minor, 62 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 18, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161235
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD71AI049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD71AI049

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Douglas Muni

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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