- Date
- March 2, 1970
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 8 minor, 86 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7210UBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0024 70/3/2 CHICAGO,ILL BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1905 N7210U PX- 0 1 87 48, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 5316 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE INTL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF CLEVELAND,OHIO CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISC-2 ESCAPE CHUTES INOP.1 PAX DROPPED OFF WG. REMARKS- 2ENGS SHTDN DUE WX DLA.NR1 CAUGHT FIRE ON RESTRT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7210U
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Ohare Intl
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