- Date
- April 9, 1982, 09:52 local (14:52 UTC)
- Place
- Youngstown, OH
- Injuries
- 108 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7627UBoeing 727-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820409017219I
- Case key
- 73109
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After aborting one approach and holding for several minutes, the flight was cleared for the ILS approach runway 32 at 0947 EST. While the flight was holding, the crew had several conversations with approach control and the company representative regarding runway conditions and braking action. On 2 occasions, the united crew requested, through the tower, that airport personnel inspect the runway. The tower was unable to contact anyone and stated that the last field condition report was taken at 0815 EST. The crew was also informed that the field was completely whited out and there had been no plowing since the snow started. The approach and touchdown were normal with the left main gear touching down about 20 ft inside the left edge of the runway about 1200 ft from the threshold. The left main gear left the runway approximately 400 ft later and traveled an additional 750 ft before the right gear ran off the runway. Prior to stopping, the crew was able to get the right main and nose gear back on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7627U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19900
- Airframe hours
- 32,308
- Engine
- P & W JT8D-7, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Departed
- Chicago, IL
- Destination
- Youngstown, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- YNG · Youngstown Municipal, runway 32, 7,492 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 15,237 total · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.