- Date
- December 12, 1970
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4710UBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0078 70/12/12 LOS ANGELES,CALIF BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 5 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2030 N4710U PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ANGELES,CALIF RETURN VANDENBERG AFB,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FLAP RETRACTION DMGD R WG TRAILG EDGE FLAP WELL,R INBD AILERON,FLAP ASSY.BOEING SVC BULS COVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4710U
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl