- Date
- June 16, 1970
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 37 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5181GBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0063 70/6/16 NR.BOSTON,MASS BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1556 N5181G PX- 0 0 30 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MASS WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: DISC, COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- COMPRESSOR DISC,11TH STAGE,P/N496911R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5181G
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage