- Date
- July 26, 1969
- Place
- Janesville, WI · JANESVILLE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 minor, 119 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7215UBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 69/7/26 NR.JANESVILLE,WIS BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1250 N7215U PX- 0 1118 52, 20130 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - DISPATCHING (AIR CARRIER ONLY): FAILURE TO KEEP FLIGHT PROPERLY ADVISED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT DID NOT GIVE VERBAL WARNING TO CABIN. SEVERE WEA FCST WAS NOT RELAYED TO ACFT BY DISPATCHER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7215U
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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