- Date
- September 9, 1979
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N804FTBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790909034899I
- Case key
- 132874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0012 79/9/9 LOS ANGELES,CA BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 3 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2208 N804FT PX- 0 0 0 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 - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- FUEL LINE BETWEEN PYLON & #4 ENG AT HORZ FIRE WALL DISCONNECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N804FT
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.