- Date
- August 14, 1971
- Place
- Yokota Ab, JA · YOKOTA AB, Japan
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8051UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0043 71/8/14 YOKOTA AB,JAPAN DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 4 MIL CONTRACT CARGO INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1627 N8051U PX- 0 0 0 54, 20474 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1288 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YOKOTA AB OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YOKOTA AB,JAPAN SAIGON,S.VIET TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN REMARKS- CARGO SHIFTED TO REAR.ABORTED OK. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF JAPAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8051U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yokota Ab