- Date
- November 17, 1974
- Place
- Honolulu, HI · HONOLULU, HI
- Injuries
- 172 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N731Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146422
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0025 74/11/17 NR.HONOLULU,HAWAII BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 17 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2355 N731 PX- 0 0155 59, 22000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HAWAII TOKYO,JAPAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: SEALS,AIR-OIL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FIRE IN NR 3 BEARING CAVITY,PENETRATED TO ACCESS DRIVE GR BOX.5 ESCAPE SLIDES MALFUNCTIONED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N731Registration cancelled May 12, 2016 · Boeing A75Airframe modelBoeing A75Engine modelLycoming R680-4P-B4
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.