- Date
- October 29, 1973
- Place
- Keating, PA · KEATING, PA
- Injuries
- 50 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9053UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187730
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0025 73/10/29 NR.KEATING,PA BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1332 N9053U PX- 0 0 45 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OHIO NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MOUNT AND VIBRATION ISOLATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- REAR MT ENG #2 FAILED.ENG BROKE AWAY FM MT,HUNG BY FRT MT & CABLES.THROTTLE JAMMED,ENG SPOOLED DN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9053U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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