- Date
- May 24, 1970
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA · MOSES LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7470Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0013 70/5/24 MOSES LAKE,WASH BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 6 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1520 N7470 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 51, 14728 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 109 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SEATTLE,WASH LOCAL MOSES LAKE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- INBOARD FLAPTRACK ASSY FOR R INBOARD FLAP FAILED AND SEPARATED IN FLT. CONT APCH,LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7470
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Grant County
N7470Registered now · Boeing 747-121Airframe modelBoeing 747-121Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D series
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