- Date
- July 25, 1975
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 199 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N68047Douglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0014 75/7/25 SEATTLE,WA DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1106 N68047 PX- 0 0188 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SEATTLE-TACOMA OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: SHAFT,TURBINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- HI PRESS TURBINE ROTOR THERMAL SHIELD CRACKED & SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68047
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Seattle-Tacoma
N68047Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Engine modelGE CF6-6 series
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