# NTSB OAK69I0006: Boeing 727, N7562U, Seattle, WA, July 20, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: July 20, 1968
- Place: Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 102 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108103
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69I0006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69I0006

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0009  68/7/20  NR.SEATTLE,WASH       BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1005                    N7562U              PX-  0  0 96                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        REMARKS- WATER FILLED GLASS CRUET FELL FROM TOP COMPARTMENT OF FORWARD BUFFET AND STRUCK STEWARDESS ON HEAD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7562U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.