# NTSB DIA68I0048: Boeing 720, N4427, Appleton, OH, May 15, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 15, 1968
- Place: Appleton, OH · APPLETON, OH
- Location: 40.2092° N, 82.6163° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Appleton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2092&lon=-82.6163&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 111 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110628
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68I0048
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68I0048

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0006  68/5/15  NR.APPLETON,OHIO      BOEING 720          CR-  0  0  8  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1520                    N4427               PX-  0  0104                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        REMARKS- FLT ENCOUNTERED MOT TO SEVERE TURB. STEWARDESS BURNED BY HOT COFFEE. NO RADAR RETURNS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4427 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 720
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

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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