- Date
- January 18, 1969
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 38 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7434UBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1970
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 69/1/18 NR.LOS ANGELES,CALIF BOEING 727 CR- 6 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1821 N7434U PX- 32 0 0 49, 13665 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1908 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ANGELES,CALIF MILWAUKEE,WIS DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - FIRE WARNING SYSTEM: POWERPLANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DPTD NR 3 GEN INOP.FIRE WARN NR 1,ENG SHUT-DOWN.ATTITUDE INST INOP DUE CMPLT LOSS OF ELECT SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7434U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
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