- Date
- October 18, 1983, 20:15 local (Oct 19, 1983, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pueblo, CO
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70634Boeing 727-222
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16266
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Altitude deviation,uncontrolled
Weather condition - turbulence,clear airCause
Analysis
The acft experienced an uncontrolled altitude deviation as a result of encountering cat at 27000 ft. it climbed at 6000 fpm to 3200 ft. the acft was 40 to 50 miles north & slightlybelow the jet core. No turbulence was forecast.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70634
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-222
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18870
- Engine
- P&W JT8-D15, 15,000 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 18, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Destination
- ICT · Wichita, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Observed at
- PUB, 5 nm away