Boeing 747 N606US
2 September 1971 · Seattle, Washington, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 September 1971 at about 18:55 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N606US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Seattle, Washington, United States. 189 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
- at 18:55
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Nearest airport
- Seattle-Tacoma
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747
- Registration
- N606US
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Tokyo, Japan → S
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0041
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 |
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
3 SCREWS AND SAFETY WIRE TO SECURE L FLAP DRIVE TORQUE TUBE TO NR 3 COUPLING MISSING, TIME UNDET.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 747 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr 1971 | Boeing 747 | Denver, Colorado, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 1971 | Boeing 747 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 9 Oct 1971 | Boeing 747 | Seattle, Washington, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 1971 | Boeing 747 | Denver, Colorado, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jan 1971 | Boeing 747 | Jamaica, New York, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Nov 1971 | Boeing 747 | Jamaica, New York, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |