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[Ratchet marks are the step-like junctions between adjacent fatigue cracks that propagate and link up.] (NTSB Photo) UA1175 No. 11 fan blade root section fracture surface (NTSB Photo) There was extensive damage to the interior surface of the fan case in the form of gouging and cracking.
Report IDs commonly take the format of "NTSB/DOC-YY/XX", where "DOC" is a code indicating report type, "YY" is a number indicating the year the report was published, and "XX" is a document sequence for the given year. Examples of NTSB report IDs include:
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents, bridge failures, and railroad accidents. [3]
NTSB docket FAA: 2007-07-11: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport, Fort Lauderdale, FL: United Airlines Flight 1544 and Delta Air Lines Flight 1489: Airbus A320 and Boeing 757: Lateral: 230 feet (70m) NTSB FAA: 2007-05-26: San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA: Republic Airlines Flight 4912 and Skywest Airlines Flight 5741 ...
The United States National Transportation Safety Board, which had also assisted in the Flight 185 investigation, told the NTSC that the cause of the crash was a suicide by pilot (in this case the captain) via a letter sent on 11 December the same year. [4] [5]
During the 1990s, a series of issues affecting the rudder of Boeing 737 passenger aircraft resulted in multiple incidents. In two separate accidents (United Airlines Flight 585 and USAir Flight 427), pilots lost control of their aircraft due to a sudden and unexpected rudder movement, and the resulting crashes killed everyone on board, 157 people in total. [1]
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The pilots blamed the incident on mechanical failure, but the NTSB blamed the pilots. June 20, 1979: American Airlines Flight 293 was hijacked by Serbian nationalist and anti-communist Nikola Kavaja and flown back to New York City where he demanded and received a Boeing 707 to fly to South Africa but flew to Ireland instead. Kavaja planned to ...