CHI71IC024

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 727 · Milwaukee, WI · October 1, 1970

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
October 1, 1970
Place
Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
Injuries
44 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N7424UBoeing 727
Status
Completed · report May 19, 1971
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
158804

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0072   70/10/1 NR.MILWAUKEE,WIS      BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 0710                    N7424U              PX-  0  0 38                            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.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MINNEAPOLIS,MINN            CLEVELAND,OHIO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - INCAPACITATION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
        REMARKS- CO-PLT ILLNESS DIAGNOSED AS SEVERE ACUTE VIRAL GASTROENTEITIS. LND AT CHICAGO OHARE INTL ARPT.

Aircraft

Registration
N7424U
Reported as
Boeing 727
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
No damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.