- Date
- July 28, 1977
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 23 minor, 187 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N121AADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0007 77/7/28 BOSTON,MA DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1213 N121AA PX- 0 0197 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MA LOS ANGELES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FAILURE OCRD AT THE NR 11-13 SPOOL OF THE NR 2 ENG.GE SVC BULLETIN 72-682 CVRS-NOT C/W.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121AA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Logan Intl