- Date
- August 31, 1977
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 364 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93104Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145603
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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 77/8/31 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 17 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2219 N93104 PX- 0 0347 57, 25749 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3659 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTERNATIONAL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY MILAN,ITALY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: SEALS,AIR-OIL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- SECOND STAGE TURBINE AIRSEAL FAILED.PART MODIFIED FM D-3A TO D7 CONFIGURATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93104
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk International
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