- Date
- May 3, 1965
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 22 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N57201Boeing B-720B
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178004
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0052 65/5/3 LOS ANGELES CALIF BOEING B-720B CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0059 N57201 PX- 0 0 16 47, 21300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1360 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: DISC, COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FAULTY MFR NO 2 ENG 2ND STAGE FAN DISC SPACER HOLE PN421602.NO2 ENG DEBRIS INGESTED INTO NO 1 ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57201
- Reported as
- Boeing B-720B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
N57201Registration cancelled Jul 8, 1976 · Boeing 720-024BAirframe modelBoeing 720-024BEngine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.