- Date
- April 5, 1974
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 126 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1648Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0019 74/4/5 WASHINGTON,DC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N1648 PX- 0 0119 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE REMARKS- IMPROPER PACKAGING.GAMMA RADIATION OCRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1648
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage