- Date
- January 8, 1975
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 88 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7642UBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0002 75/1/8 BIRMINGHAM,AL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2005 N7642U PX- 0 0 80 54, 19595 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1878 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,NY ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 57 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DSCNDD SHORT OF FINAL FIX.CONTROLLER MISINFORMED FLT OF RADAR POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7642U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N7642URegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2006 · Boeing 727-222Airframe modelBoeing 727-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-5
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