- Date
- March 21, 1968
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7425UBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79483
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 68/3/21 CHICAGO,ILL BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 2 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0353 N7425U PX- 0 0 0 40, 10500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1033 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE INTL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) COPILOT - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CO PLT SET FLAPS 2 DEG,VICE 5 DEG.ARMED T/O WRNG HORN SOUNDED.PLT CONT T/O,ABORTED AFTER LIFTOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7425U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ohare Intl
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