Douglas DC-10 N156US

17 November 1981 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 November 1981 at about 15:15 local time, a Douglas DC-10 registered N156US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. 102 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: 17 November 1981 at 15:15
Classification: Incident
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Nearest airport: Minneapolis Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
Registration: N156US
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Detroit, Mi
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0024

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
102	0	0	0	102

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

NO 7 FAN BLADE ON THE NO 3 ENG FAILED FM FATIGUE.

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 4-0024, 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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