- Date
- August 27, 1966
- Place
- Buffalo, NY · BUFFALO, NY
- Injuries
- 39 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7025UBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121382
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0030 66/8/27 BUFFALO NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2116 N7025U PX- 0 0 32 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- NO.3 ENGINE ELEVENTH STAGE COMPRESSOR DISC FAILED. INBOARD COWL PANEL BURNED THROUGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7025U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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Other investigations on N7025U · 1
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