# NTSB DCA69A0013: Boeing 727, N7434U, Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1969
- Place: Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 38 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 23, 1970
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79525
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA69A0013
- Board report AAR7006 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7006.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA69A0013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7434U-1970-07-02), registration cancelled 1970-07-02, S/N 19891 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-22C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22c) (registry code 138400F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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