- Date
- December 27, 1976
- Place
- Bangor, ME · BANGOR, ME
- Injuries
- 141 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N473DABoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157102
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0017 76/12/27 BANGOR,ME BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1102 N473DA PX- 0 0132 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BANGOR INTL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BANGOR,ME HOUSTON,TX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- THE NR 2 BRAKE ASSEMBLY OVERHEATED ON TKOF.EVIDENCE OF TIRE SLIP OBSVD ON WHEEL RIM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N473DA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Bangor Intl
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Other investigations on N473DA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DCA88MA072Accident · 14 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportDallas/Ft Worth, TX(1) The captain and first officer's inadequate cockpit discipline which resulted in the flightcrew's attempt to takeoff without the wing flaps and slats properly configured; and (2) the failure of the takeoff configuration warning system to alert the crew…NTSB NYC75AN068Accident · No injuriesClosedFlushing, NY