- Date
- July 2, 1992, 00:50 local (05:50 UTC)
- Place
- Janesville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 136 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7467UBoeing 727-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920702053509A
- Case key
- 15494
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Probable cause
The captain's delay in issuing instructions to the flight attendants to take their seats, and his poor crew coordination. A factor in the accident was the turbulence in clouds.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The operator reported that the flight was descending through 26,000 ft in heavy rain, hail and moderate turbulence. The flight crew turned on the fasten seat belt sign and told the flight attendants to take their seats. Before the flight attendant in the aft galley could reach her seat, she was upset by turbulence and broke her ankle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7467U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21921
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,293 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.