- Date
- May 26, 1970
- Place
- Salina, KS · SALINA, KS
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N601USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121577
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0058 70/5/26 SALINA,KANS BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 7 TRAINING CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0905 N601US PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SALINA OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALINA,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FUEL LINE CONNECTING MAIN MANIFOLD WITH FUEL NOZZLE SEPARATED AT SOLDER JOINT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Salina
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Other investigations on N601US · 2
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