- Date
- May 20, 1971
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 69 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N604USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162235
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0009 71/5/20 MIAMI,FLA BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1445 N604US PX- 0 0 58 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL ARPT OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ST PAUL,MINN MIAMI,FLA CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- LEFT SIDE NR4 DOOR OPENED,EMERG CHUTE DEPLOYED.RIGGING OF DOOR MARGINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N604US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl Arpt
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Other investigations on N604US · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA91IA219Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportSeattle, WAA fire in the number 4 engine, resulting from a fuel leak at the main fuel control unit, due to improper maintenance by unknown/undetermined person. The L5 emergency exit failed to operatee due to a broken plastic pulley guard in the slide release mechanism.NTSB NYC75AN065Accident · No injuriesClosedJamaica, NY