- Date
- March 17, 1973
- Place
- Harrisburg, PA · HARRISBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 74 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7002Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0007 73/3/17 NR.HARRISBURG,PA BOEING 727 CR- 0 2 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0800 N7002 PX- 0 0 69 43, 12049 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2880 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC BUFFALO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- KNOWN TSTMS IN AREA,OBS ON RADAR. ENCOUNTERED MDT TO SEVERE TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7002
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage