Aircraft Accident Report: United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978¶

National Transportation Safety Board. (1979). Aircraft Accident Report: United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978: United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978.

Type: Report
Intellectual base: Grey literature
Year: 1979
Link: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7907.pdf

Cited by¶

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Domain-specific¶

Active Failure
- The DC-8 exhausted its fuel and crashed into a wooded suburb; ten of the 189 aboard died.
  This sourceFinds that United Airlines Flight 173 ran out of fuel over Portland and crashed into a wooded suburban area, with 10 of the 189 persons aboard killed.
  
  SupportedVerified against a saved copy of the source
  
  “This resulted in fuel exhaustion to all engines”
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Authority Bias
- Analyses of crashes such as United Airlines Flight 173 (Portland, 1978), where the crew ran out of fuel while the captain fixated on a landing-gear problem and subordinates failed to press their concerns forcefully
  This sourceAttributes the accident to the captain's preoccupation with a landing-gear malfunction and the other crewmembers' failure to communicate their concern about fuel state.
  
  SupportedVerified against a saved copy of the source
  
  “About 1815 Pacific standard time on December 28, 1978, United Airlines”
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