- Date
- August 8, 1973
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 81 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1728TBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189756
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0039 73/8/8 WASHINGTON,DC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1433 N1728T PX- 0 0 75 42, 7700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT UNUSUAL NOISE SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- NMBR FOUR WHL LOCKOUT-DEBOOST VALVE DMGD CAUSING BRAKE DRAG,OVRHEAT WHL,INTRNL TIRE FIRE,TIRE BLEW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1728T
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl
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