- Date
- March 13, 1971
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 22 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N491USBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0025 71/3/13 WASHINGTON,DC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1545 N491US PX- 0 0 16 38, 10200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON NATL OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- ELEVTR CTLS SLOPPY,ERRATIC,LARGE INPUTS REQD.NO CAUSE FOUND,UN DUPE PROBLEM DURG INVEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N491US
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Washington Natl