- Date
- January 17, 1971
- Place
- Dulles Int Apt, DC · DULLES INT APT, DC
- Injuries
- 130 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4710UBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0022 71/1/17 NR.DULLES INT APT,DC BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 15 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1902 N4710U PX- 0 0115 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- PLTS WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4710U
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage