- Date
- August 24, 1975
- Place
- No.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · NO.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 268 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4735UBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 75/8/24 NO.PACIFIC OCEAN BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 18 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1648 N4735U PX- 0 0250 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CA HONOLULU,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: DISC, COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FIRE IN ENG COWL. 7TH STAGE COMPRESSOR DISC RIM SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4735U
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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