# NTSB MIA67A0104: Boeing B-727, N7048U, Tampa, FL, April 7, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: April 7, 1967
- Place: Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 102 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 17, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118338
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67A0104
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67A0104

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0022   67/4/7    TAMPA,FLA           BOEING B-727        CR-  0  1  5  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1552                    N7048U              PX-  0  0 97                            49, 19106 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            464 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCDILL AFB
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LDG.R.GEAR JAMMED-UP,DUE BOLT NAS1105-13DW LOST IN FLT.ENGR INJ DURING EVAC.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7048U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7048U-1985-09-04), registration cancelled 1985-09-04, S/N 18855 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (registry code 1384002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mcdill Afb

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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