- Date
- March 11, 1971
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 92 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9051UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0024 71/3/11 FORT WAYNE,IND BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1745 N9051U PX- 0 0 86 42, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BAER OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL FORT WAYNE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA. ATTEMTED TO ALIGN WITH RWY. R WG TIP,FLAP HIT RWY ON GO AROUND. LND AT OHARE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9051U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Baer
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