- Date
- August 16, 1965
- Place
- Lake Michigan, IL · LAKE MICHIGAN, IL
- Injuries
- 30 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7036UBoeing B-727
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0030 65/8/16 LAKE MICHIGAN ILL BOEING B-727 CR- 6 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2021 N7036U PX- 24 0 0 42, 17142 TOTAL HOURS, 82 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- N7036U CRASHED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7036U
- Reported as
- Boeing B-727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chicago O'Hare
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