- Date
- December 30, 1970
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 228 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N731PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0068 70/12/30 WASHINGTON,DC BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 15 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0900 N731PA PX- 0 0213 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JFK INTL ARPT,NY SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- 40 SQUARE INCHES OF OUTER LAYER OF R-1 WINDSHIELD SEPARATED. DIVERTED TO DULLES. LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl