- Date
- June 9, 1965
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 77 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N276CDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0038 65/6/9 SAN FRANCISCO CAL DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0826 N276C PX- 0 0 70 52, 18056 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2795 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO.1 ENG FUEL MANIFOLD CRACKED IN BRAZE JOINT BETWEEN NO.3 AND NO.4 NOZZLE CLUSTERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N276C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Francisco Int
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.