- Date
- December 8, 1972
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 43 fatal, 12 serious, 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9031UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0048 72/12/8 CHICAGO,ILL BOEING 737 CR- 3 1 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1428 N9031U PX- 40 11 4 44, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2435 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO-MIDWAY OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WASHINGTON,DC OMAHA,NEBR CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 27 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ABT 700FT HIGH AT LOM DRG LOC APCH.SPOILERS DEPLOYED TO FLT DETENT PSN FRM LOM TO MDA LVL-OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9031U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chicago-Midway
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.