# NTSB CHI69I0062: Boeing 720, N7217U, Chicago, IL, December 13, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 13, 1968
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 113 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 18, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192073
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69I0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69I0062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0025  68/12/13   CHICAGO,ILL         BOEING 720          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 2010                    N7217U              PX-  0  0106                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        REMARKS- DAMAGED FUSELAGE IN NOSE WHEEL AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7217U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7217U), registered now, S/N 42602 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 720
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7) (registry code 13843FZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Ohare

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.

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