Boeing 737 N744
1 October 1975 · Bristol, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 October 1975 at about 09:20 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N744, operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Bristol, Tennessee, United States. 31 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:20
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Bristol, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Tri-City
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- N744
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Flushing, Ny → Atlanta, Ga
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0026
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
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
SPOILER MALFUNCTIONED, SHUTOFF VALVE BEARING CAGEFAILED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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