MIA73IM099

NTSB incident investigation · Douglas DC-10 · Miami, FL · May 8, 1973

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
May 8, 1973
Place
Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N63NADouglas DC-10
Status
Completed · report May 25, 1973
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
189837

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0009   73/5/8    MIAMI,FLA           DOUGLAS DC-10       CR-  0  0  3  FERRY                     AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0020                    N63NA               PX-  0  0  0                            56, 24833 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1109 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEW YORK,NY                 MIAMI,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           POWERPLANT - THRUST REVERSER: REVERSER DOORS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED
           POWERPLANT - THRUST REVERSER: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- LOCKING BOLTS MISSING,R TRANSLATING FAIRING ON NR2 ENG FAN REVERSER SEPARATED IN FLT.

Aircraft

Registration
N63NA
Reported as
Douglas DC-10
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage