- Date
- May 24, 1972
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 92 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N743PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0012 72/5/24 BOSTON,MASS BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 15 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1845 N743PA PX- 0 0 77 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BALTIMORE,MD LONDON,ENGLAND BOSTON,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: ROLL FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- FUEL CTL VALVE NR 3 ENG MALFUNCTIONED. ENG TORCHED COMING OUT OF REVERSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N743PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Logan Intl