- Date
- December 15, 1980
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 170 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N537PABoeing 747SP
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801215084619I
- Case key
- 127675
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0017 80/12/15 SAN FRANCISCO,CA BOEING 747SP CR- 0 0 18 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1408 N537PA PX- 0 0152 50, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO INT OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CA HONG KONG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: BIRD INGESTION REMARKS- EXTENSIVE FOD TO ALL #4ENG 1ST STAGE FAN BLADES.TAILCONE SEPD.UNKNOWN BIRD SPECIES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N537PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747SP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- San Francisco Int
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.