- Date
- February 19, 1970
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9022UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0011 70/2/19 NEWPORT NEWS,VA BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1740 N9022U PX- 0 0 38 35, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, 670 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK HENRY OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA NEWPORT NEWS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE COPILOT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- CO-PLT FLYING,R SEAT.WIND GUSTING 21K.ACFT T/D,L WHEEL 243FT SHORT OF RWY THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9022U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Patrick Henry
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