- Date
- March 28, 1970
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 122 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7225UBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131208
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0046 70/3/28 LAS VEGAS,NEV BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1238 N7225U PX- 0 0115 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAS VEGAS,NEV CLEVELAND,OHIO CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- R MLG TRUCK BEAM P/N 65-22082-9,S/N SW351 FAILED.TOTAL TIME ON PART 21004 HR,3480 SINCE OVHAUL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7225U
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Mccarran
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Other investigations on N7225U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.