- Date
- August 5, 1968
- Place
- Travis Afbase, CA · TRAVIS AFBASE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N322FBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0055 68/8/5 TRAVIS AFBASE,CAL BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 3 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2240 N322F PX- 0 0 0 51, 23000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRAVIS AFBASE OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- FUEL LINE FITTING SEPARATED FROM NR 4 ENG FUEL PUMP HOUSING. ENG CAUGHT FIRE DURING REVERSE THRUST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N322F
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Travis Afbase
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Other investigations on N322F · 2
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