Plane Crash List

Boeing 747 N601US

9 October 1971 · Seattle, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 October 1971 at about 04:57 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N601US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Seattle, Washington, United States. 110 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 04:57
Classification
Incident
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Seattle-Tacoma
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 747
Registration
N601US
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
4
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Anchorage, Alas → S
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
IMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
4-0043

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
110 0 0 0 110

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

LOST ALL FWD VISIBILITY JUST BFOR TOUCHDOWN. NR 1 ENG SCRAPED RWY ON GO AROUND. LND OK AT SPOKANE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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