- Date
- April 13, 1971
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- XASIADouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-0001 71/4/13 BOSTON,MASS DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 8 FERRY CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1615 XASIA PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AERONAVES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MASS PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DUMPED FUEL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FIRE IN NR1 ENG SN P645625. NO ENG TEAR DOWN REPORT RECD. NO ENG MAKE/MODEL INFO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XASIA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Logan Intl