- Date
- June 5, 1981
- Place
- Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 107 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7255UBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0010 81/6/5 NR.COLUMBUS,OH BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1635 N7255U PX- 0 0101 51, 27570 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2020 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO WASHINGTON.DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- BGN DSCNT TO AVOID LGT CHOP AT FL 370.ENCTRD SVR TURB,SHORT DUR,IN THIN CIRRUS LAYER AT FL 340.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7255U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N7255URegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2002 · Boeing 727-222Airframe modelBoeing 727-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
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Other investigations on N7255U · 1
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