# Accident 19920702053509A: Boeing 727200, Janesville, WI, July 2, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1992, 00:50 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.6828° N, 89.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Janesville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6828&lon=-89.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7467U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- People aboard: 136
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,293 total, 10,196 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920702053509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLYING IN HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. STRUCK SEVERE TURBULENCE INJURING FLIGHT ATTENDANT. HAD ADVISED ATTENDANTS TO SEAT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI92LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA206), Jul 2, 1992: Boeing 727-200 (N7467U), Janesville, WI, no damage. Probable cause: THE CAPTAIN'S DELAY IN ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO TAKE THEIR SEATS, AND HIS POOR CREW COORDINATION. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE TURBULENCE IN CLOUDS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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