- Date
- April 16, 1978
- Place
- Coyle, NJ · COYLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 108 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- G-AWNIBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-0001 78/4/16 NR.COYLE,NJ BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 18 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1530 G-AWNI PX- 0 0 90 43, 10800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - BRITISH AIRWAYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LONDON,ENGLAND PHILADELPHIA,PA BOSTON,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ACCESSORY DRIVE ASSEMBLY: GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- INTERNAL FAILURE OF NR 4 ENG GEAR BOX,CAUSING A FIRE IN NR 4 ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- G-AWNI
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage