- Date
- October 8, 1970
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93103Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0037 70/10/8 NR.LOS ANGELES,CALIF BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1015 N93103 PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TOTAL CREW AND PAX NOT REPORTED. NR 4 ENG QUIT DUE LOOSE FITTING IN NR 4 TANK FUEL LINE. LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93103
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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