# NTSB LAX69A0043: Boeing 727, N7624U, San Diego, CA, January 16, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: January 16, 1969
- Place: San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 6 minor, 50 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191461
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0043

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0022  69/1/16  NR.SAN DIEGO,CALIF    BOEING 727          CR-  0  1  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1711                    N7624U              PX-  0  0 50                            43, 11462 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            1979 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         SAN DIEGO,CALIF              SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- EVADED TO PREVENT COLLISION WITH 1 OF 3 NAVY JET ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7624U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7624U-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N 19541, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-222](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (registry code 1384073) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage

## Other investigations on N7624U (2)

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.

- [NTSB IAD76II057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76II057), Feb 19, 1976: Boeing 727 (N7624U), Washington, DC, incident, minor damage
- [NTSB MIA74AM055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM055), Jan 4, 1974: Boeing 727 (N7624U), Tampa, FL, minor 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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