- Date
- December 27, 1979
- Place
- London, United Kingdom · LONDON, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N771PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 79/12/27 LONDON,ENGLAND BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED INTERNATL CARGO SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1839 N771PA PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEATHROW OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY LONDON,ENGLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE TEARAWAY LANDING: ROLL FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N771PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Heathrow