- Date
- October 9, 1971
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 110 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N601USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0043 71/10/9 SEATTLE,WASH BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0457 N601US PX- 0 0 99 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SEATTLE-TACOMA OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST ALL FWD VISIBILITY JUST BFOR TOUCHDOWN. NR 1 ENG SCRAPED RWY ON GO AROUND. LND OK AT SPOKANE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Seattle-Tacoma
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Other investigations on N601US · 2
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