- Date
- September 21, 1974
- Place
- New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 41 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7061UBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0039 74/9/21 NEW YORK,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1818 N7061U PX- 0 0 36 45, 12741 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3113 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEW YORK,NY MINNEAPOLIS,MINN CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CABIN ATTENDANT LEFT SEAT TO INITIATE HER DUTIES.FELL AND SUSTAINED A BROKEN ANKLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7061U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage