- Date
- January 12, 1977
- Place
- Honolulu, HI · HONOLULU, HI
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 67 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1501WBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156876
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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 77/1/12 HONOLULU,HI BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1435 N1501W PX- 0 0 62 58, 26381 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5775 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - HONOLULU INTL OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CA HONOLULU,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- TENSILE SEPARATION OF NOSE GEAR DRAG ROLLER,P/N 3-99448,PROHIBITED LANDING GEAR FROM EXTENDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1501W
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Honolulu Intl
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