- Date
- December 29, 1970
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4704UBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0071 70/12/29 LOS ANGELES,CALIF BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 5 TRAINING CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1922 N4704U 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 LOS ANGELES,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- NR 3 AND 4 LDG FLAP TRAILING EDGE FAIRINGS SEPARATED.ONE HIT HOUSE.BOEING SERVICE BULLETINS COVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4704U
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl