- Date
- January 12, 1971
- Place
- Baltimore, MD · BALTIMORE, MD
- Injuries
- 64 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7207UBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160380
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0002 71/1/12 BALTIMORE,MD BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1857 N7207U PX- 0 0 57 52, 21000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 7600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- 8TH STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADE FAILED.CAUSED PROGRESSIVE NR 1 ENG FAILURE.FIRE BOTTLE INOP.LND SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7207U
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
N7207URegistration cancelled May 6, 2013 · Boeing 720-022Airframe modelBoeing 720-022Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3C-4&6
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