- Date
- May 4, 1974
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 197 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93117Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0009 74/5/4 NR.LOS ANGELES,CALIF BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 15 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1305 N93117 PX- 0 0182 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: COWLING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- #2 ENG FAN COWLING SEPD,HIT L HORZ STAB.MODIFICATION ORDER NOT COMPLETED.LNDD MCI OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93117
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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