- Date
- August 26, 1970
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 200 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93108Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108063
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0051 70/8/26 SAN FRANCISCO,CAL BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 18 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0855 N93108 PX- 0 0182 50, 21000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 135 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CAL JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: COMPRESSOR STALLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NR 2 ENG QUIT,MACHINE BOLT FAILED.NR 4 ENG IGNITED,OIL SPRAYED ACCESS SECTION.LOOSE COVER PLATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93108
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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