- Date
- December 4, 1971
- Place
- Dulles Int Apt, DC · DULLES INT APT, DC
- Injuries
- 109 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1805UDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0052 71/12/4 DULLES INT APT,DC DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1637 N1805U PX- 0 0 97 48, 22731 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF DULLES INT APT,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL REMARKS- CHAFING STRIP IMPROPERLY DESIGNED,ALLOWED PARKING BRAKE CABLE TO BIND. FIRE IN L WHEEL AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1805U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl
N1805URegistration cancelled May 3, 1994 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.