- Date
- August 14, 1973
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 43 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7279Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0027 73/8/14 MEMPHIS,TENN BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1829 N7279 PX- 0 0 37 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMPHIS INTL OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC MEMPHIS,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY REMARKS- MN FEEDER TUBE,RETRACT ACT ASSY.DMGD SLIDE VALVE BLOCKED PISTON MOVEMENT TO DN/LK POSIT.L GR UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7279
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Memphis Intl