- Date
- May 15, 1971
- Place
- San Frncsco, CA · SAN FRNCSCO, CA
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 1 minor, 42 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8091UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0011 71/5/15 SAN FRNCSCO,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1145 N8091U PX- 0 5 36 47, 22033 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO INT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRNCSCO,CALIF CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PAX EVAC ACFT BY OVER WG EXITS,FLAPS UP POS. REMARKS- GRND PWR AIR HOSE FAILED.BOMB THREAT PREVIOUSLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8091U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- San Francisco Int
N8091URegistration cancelled Apr 13, 2006 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-71FAirframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-71FEngine modelCFM International CFM56 series
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Other investigations on N8091U · 1
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