# NTSB OAK72AP005: Vickers 745D, N7415, Honolulu, HI, August 8, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1971
- Place: Honolulu, HI · HONOLULU, HI
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 22 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 14, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 80156
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72AP005
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72AP005

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0013   71/8/8    HONOLULU,HAWAII     VICKERS 745D        CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1724                    N7415               PX-  0  0 19                            43, 11800 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            3081 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HONOLULU INTL
        OPERATOR - ALOHA AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HILO,HAWAII                 HONOLULU,HAWAII
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT
        REMARKS- UNDETECTED ELEC SHRT,L BATT CAUSED THERM RUNAWAY DUE HEAT ENERGY ABSORPTION OVR UNK PERIOD OF TIME
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7415](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7415-1972-05-04), registration cancelled 1972-05-04, S/N 113 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VICKERS 745D
- Registry model: [Vickers VISCOUNT 797](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-viscount-797) (registry code 9470404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Honolulu Intl

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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