- Date
- September 23, 1962
- Place
- Albany, NY · ALBANY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 9 minor, 96 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7209UBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0047 62/9/23 ALBANY,NY BOEING 720 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2020 N7209U PX- 0 1 99 43, 14766 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 376 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SEATTLE,WASH BOSTON,MASS CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO TAKE TIMELY TURB FLT PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN AREA OF REPORTED TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7209U
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
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