- Date
- February 28, 1977
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 67 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9016UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152444
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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 77/2/28 NR.FLUSHING,NY BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1537 N9016U PX- 0 0 61 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OH FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- FLAP ASYMMETRY CABLE BROKE AT CHANGE OF DIRECTION PULLEY IN L WHEEL WELL AREA.P/N GF-10987-549.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9016U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N9016URegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2003 · Boeing 737-222Airframe modelBoeing 737-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
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