Boeing 737 N740N
1 December 1980 · Richmond, Virginia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 December 1980 at about 21:11 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N740N, operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Richmond, Virginia, United States. 88 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 21:11
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Byrd Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- N740N
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Newark, Nj
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 4-0012
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
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
#4 ANTI-SKID VALVE FAILED, WHEEL FUSE PLUGS ACTIVATED, TIRE DEFLATED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
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| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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