- Date
- July 22, 1970
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 53 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9141Boeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108019
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0038 70/7/22 NR.NEWARK,NJ BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1904 N9141 PX- 0 0 48 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGINAW,MICH NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- APU CAUGHT FIRE,ATOMIZER,AIRESEARCH PN 899981-1 DEFECTIVE. FIRE EXTINGUISHED,FLT CONTD TO DESTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9141
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage