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United Airlines 173

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maintenance, manufacture, or design of the escape slides. The evacuation was completed in about 2 min. Except for seats at rows 20 through 22 which were torn loose from the floor attachments, there was only minor disruption of the cabin
Open official document at PDF page 21United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978

United Airlines 173

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Portland, Oregon, with an en route stop at Denver, Colorado. Flight 173 departed from Denver about 14472 with 189 persons on board, including 6 infants, and 8 crewmembers. The flight was cleared to Portland on an instrument flight rules (IFR)
Open official document at PDF page 8United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978

United Airlines 173

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T< minutes.” At this time the aircraft was about 8 nmi south of the airport on a southwesterly heading. ® at 1803:23, Portland Approach asked Flight 173 for the number of persons on board and the amount of fuel remaining.-
Open official document at PDF page 13United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978

United Airlines 173

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the Safety Board estimated that the flight would have been burning fuel at the rate of about 13,209 lbs per hour--220 Ibs per min. At the beginning of the landing delay, there were about 13,334 Ibs of fuel on board.
Open official document at PDF page 16United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978

United Airlines 173

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Approach of the gear problem until contact with company dispatch and line maintenance, about 28 min had elapsed. The irregular gear check procedures contained in their manual were brief, the weather was good, the area was void of heavy traffic,
Open official document at PDF page 30United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978

United Airlines 173

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the en route flight and with the required FAR and company contingency fuel aboard of about 1 hr. The aircraft began holding about 1712 at 5,000 ft with its gear down; this was about 2 hrs 24 min after it
Open official document at PDF page 34United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, N8082U, Portland, Oregon, December 28, 1978