- Date
- February 20, 1967
- Place
- Akron, OH · AKRON, OH
- Injuries
- 38 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7408UBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118296
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0026 67/2/20 AKRON,OHIO BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0826 N7408U PX- 0 0 32 42, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, 74 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - AKRON-CANTON OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT DESCENDED BELOW ASR APPROACH MINIMUMS.RT WING TIP STRUCK RNWY.SUCCESSFUL LNDG AT CLEVELAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7408U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Akron-Canton