Boeing 747 N748PA

24 August 1971 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 August 1971 at about 18:31 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N748PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Los Angeles, California, United States. 158 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 August 1971 at 18:31
Classification: Incident
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nearest airport: Los Angeles Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N748PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → San Francisco, Calif
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0040

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
158	0	0	0	158

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

PS-4 SENSOR ATTACH FITTING WELD FAILED, NR 2 ENG.CAUSED DIFFUSER CASE TO RUPTURE.ENG COWLING SEP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0040, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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