- Date
- January 8, 1979
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 121 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2811WBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144100
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0003 79/1/8 LOS ANGELES,CA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1630 N2811W PX- 0 0114 52, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- SHEET METAL WORKERS BRASS HEAD HAMMER INGESTED BY NR 2 ENG.ABORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2811W
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
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