Boeing B-720B N726US
24 February 1964 · Miami Fla, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 February 1964 at about 16:00 local time, a Boeing B-720B registered N726US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Miami Fla, Florida, United States. 40 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Miami Fla, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Miami Int
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing B-720B
- Registration
- N726US
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0020
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
FAILURE OF THIRD STAGE TURBINE DISC.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing B-720B accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 1964 | Boeing B-720B | Billings Mont, Montana, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1965 | Boeing B-720B | Leavenworth Kans, Kansas, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 23 Jan 1965 | Boeing B-720B | Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 May 1965 | Boeing B-720B | Los Angeles Calif, California, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jan 1965 | Boeing B-720B | Salt Lake City Ut, Utah, United States | Western Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Feb 1966 | Boeing B-720B | Merida Mexico, Mexico | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 1964 | Convair 285ACF | Chichagof I Alas, Alaska, United States | Alaska Coastal-Ellis | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jul 1964 | Hughes 269A | Alief Tex, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1964 | Piper PA-18A | Loomis Neb, Nebraska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Sep 1964 | Hiller UH12B | Ontario Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 1964 | Piper PA-18A | Greenwood Miss, Mississippi, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Feb 1964 | Baird-Hall II | Fremont Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |