- Date
- August 17, 1981
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 6 minor, 58 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4742Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 81/8/17 FT.LAUDERDALE,FL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1610 N4742 PX- 0 0 58 44, 13678 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5407 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT.LAUDERDALE OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.LAUDERDALE,FL HOUSTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: COMPRESSOR STALLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 79 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CREW RPRTD LOUD EXPLOSION,NO 2 ENG LOST PWR.ABORT AFT V1,UN STOP ON RWY.FOUND NO PREV ENG FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4742
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft.Lauderdale
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