- Date
- February 19, 1976
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 127 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7624UBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0006 76/2/19 WASHINGTON,DC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N7624U PX- 0 0120 59, 16659 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3812 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NATIONAL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC CLEVELAND,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BEARING,SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NR 4-1/2 BEARING CAGE FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7624U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- National
N7624URegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Boeing 727-222Airframe modelBoeing 727-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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Other investigations on N7624U · 2
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