- Date
- January 27, 1978
- Place
- Orlando, FL · ORLANDO, FL
- Injuries
- 110 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4737Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142849
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0004 78/1/27 NR.ORLANDO,FL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1017 N4737 PX- 0 0103 42, 13579 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1546 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT ENGINEER: IMPROPER USE OF EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-3 ENGINES REMARKS- FLIGHT ENGINEER INADVERTENTLY SHUT OFF ALL FUEL PUMPS RESULTING IN THREE ENGINE FLAMEOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4737
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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