- Date
- April 20, 1974
- Place
- St.Louis, MO · ST.LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 54 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3302LDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0012 74/4/20 ST.LOUIS,MO DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0708 N3302L PX- 0 0 50 47, 14365 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3123 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.LOUIS INTL OPERATOR - SOUTHERN AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.LOUIS,MO NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: SHAFT,TURBINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- LOW PRESSURE COMPRESSOR DRIVE SHAFT FRACTURED ABT 12IN FM FWD END.NUMEROUS SHRAPNEL HOLES IN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3302L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- St.Louis Intl
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