- Date
- December 14, 1969
- Place
- Nashville, TN · NASHVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N974VJDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0043 69/12/14 NASHVILLE,TENN DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1004 N974VJ PX- 0 0 7 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN MEMPHIS,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- NR 1 ENG FAILED AT NR 6 STAGE OF N1 COMPRESSOR. EXPLOSION MADE HOLE IN ENG COWLING. LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N974VJ
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Nashville Metro
N974VJRegistration cancelled Feb 7, 2005 · Douglas DC-9-31Airframe modelDouglas DC-9-31Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.