- Date
- August 21, 1971
- Place
- No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 156 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8034UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0046 71/8/21 NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG INTL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1340 N8034U PX- 0 0149 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEPORT,BAHAMAS MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DRIVE SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- STABILIZER DRIVE SPROCKET SHEARED ON SPROCKET ASSY. STAB JAMMED 2 DEG NOSE UP ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8034U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage