- Date
- January 24, 1974
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 70 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9154UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186702
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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 74/1/24 ALLENTOWN,PA BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1926 N9154U PX- 0 0 64 UNK/NR, 18000 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2884 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - A-B-EASTON OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA ALLENTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ENCTRD FOG DRG FLARE REJECTED LDG.SCRAPE MARKS ON RWY ASSOCIATED WITH NR 2 ENG AND R J-SCREW FAIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9154U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- A-B-Easton