- Date
- October 27, 1970
- Place
- London, United Kingdom · LONDON, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 5 minor, 102 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N337PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158801
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0062 70/10/27 LONDON,ENGLAND BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 18 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0745 N337PA PX- 0 0 89 UNK/NR, 23310 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 216 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - HEATHROW OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF LONDON,ENGLAND LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE REMARKS- FUEL CTL ROTARY ACTUATOR FAILED,RESULTED IN NR 2 ENG FIRE. 2 ESCAPE SLIDES MALFUNCTIONED ON EVAC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N337PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Heathrow