Boeing 747 N602US

15 December 1972 · Miami, Florida, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 15 December 1972 at about 17:14 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N602US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Miami, Florida, United States. 160 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 December 1972 at 17:14
Classification: Accident
Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Miami Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N602US
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Chicago, Ill
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0037

People

4 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
160	0	0	4	156

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

NR 4 SHUT DWN, NR 3 BIRD INGEST.INEFFECTIVE BRAKING, NEW WET RWY.NR 3 REVERSE LOCKED.RAN OFF RWY END

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 1-0037, 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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