- Date
- November 28, 1970
- Place
- Pt.Reyes, CA · PT.REYES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 55 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7225UBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0046 70/11/28 PT.REYES,CALIF BOEING 720 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1415 N7225U PX- 0 0 49 46, 15334 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2708 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WASH SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED MDT TURB ENTERING OCST. FLT ATTENDANT FELL.SEAT BELT SIGN NOT ON IN SUFFICIENT TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7225U
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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Other investigations on N7225U · 2
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