- Date
- February 24, 1964
- Place
- Miam, FL · MIAM, FL
- Injuries
- 40 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N726USBoeing B-720B
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114844
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0020 64/2/24 MIAMI FLA BOEING B-720B CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1600 N726US PX- 0 0 33 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INT OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: SUPPORT,GUIDE VANE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FAILURE OF THIRD STAGE TURBINE DISC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N726US
- Reported as
- Boeing B-720B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miami Int
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