# NTSB CHI67I0078: Boeing 720, N7226U, Cleveland, OH, December 19, 1966

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: December 19, 1966
- Place: Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Location: 41.4995° N, 81.6954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4995&lon=-81.6954&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 38 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 19, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119481
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67I0078
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67I0078

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0048  66/12/19 NR.CLEVELAND OHIO     BOEING 720          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1559                    N7226U              PX-  0  1 31                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        REMARKS- ACFT DESCENDING TO LAND,SEAT-BELT SIGN ON,AIR SMOOTH.PAX LEFT SEAT,FELL AND BROKE HER LEG
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7226U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7226U-1976-05-05), registration cancelled 1976-05-05, S/N 18079 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 720
- Registry model: [Boeing 720-022](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-720-022) (registry code 1383810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

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