- Date
- August 24, 1971
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 158 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N748PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0040 71/8/24 LOS ANGELES,CALIF BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1831 N748PA PX- 0 0146 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMBUSTION ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PS-4 SENSOR ATTACH FITTING WELD FAILED,NR 2 ENG.CAUSED DIFFUSER CASE TO RUPTURE.ENG COWLING SEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N748PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
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