- Date
- March 24, 1977
- Place
- London, United Kingdom · LONDON, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 231 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N747PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0009 77/3/24 LONDON,ENGLAND BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 14 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1359 N747PA PX- 0 0217 57, 25620 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - HEATHROW OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONDON,ENGLAND JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- POWER CONTROL UNIT FAIL.PN 60B00049-7 JAMMED RUDDER 7DEG RIGHT.RETURNED & LNDD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N747PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Heathrow
N747PARegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2017 · Boeing 747-121Airframe modelBoeing 747-121Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D-3A
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