- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 36 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9044UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0011 74/5/5 BIRMINGHAM,ALA BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1527 N9044U PX- 0 0 31 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM MUNI OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA BIRMINGHAM,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHAFED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-ASYMETRICAL REMARKS- HYD LINE,BOEING 65-44510-1291. R REVERSER FAILED TO DEPLOY. R MN WHL STRUCK VASI LT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9044U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Birmingham Muni
N9044URegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2013 · Boeing 737-222Airframe modelBoeing 737-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
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Other investigations on N9044U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.