- Date
- November 5, 1964
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 91 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7214UBoeing B-720
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185988
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0079 64/11/5 SAN FRANCISCO CAL BOEING B-720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1835 N7214U PX- 0 0 87 56, 21000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 875 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO INT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE LOCKROD UPPER ATTACH BOLT P/N BACB30ABP 6-37.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7214U
- Reported as
- Boeing B-720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Francisco Int
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