# NTSB CHI79DA080: Boeing 727, N7444U, Cimarron, NM, September 15, 1979

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: September 15, 1979
- Place: Cimarron, NM · CIMARRON, NM
- Location: 36.5068° N, 104.9083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cimarron, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5068&lon=-104.9083&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 111 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132877
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79DA080
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DA080

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0021  79/9/15  NR.CIMARRON,NM        BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1400                    N7444U              PX-  0  1108                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAN DIEGO,CA                CHICAGO,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- ELDERLY PAX FELL IN LAVATORY & BROKE ANKLE.PAX & CREW RPRTD NO TURBULENCE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7444U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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