Boeing 720 N7209U

23 September 1962 · Albany, New York, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 23 September 1962 at about 20:20 local time, a Boeing 720 registered N7209U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Albany, New York, United States. 107 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 9 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 September 1962 at 20:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Albany, New York, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 720
Registration: N7209U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: United Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Seattle, Wash → Boston, Mass
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0047

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
107	0	2	9	96

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT FAILED TO TAKE TIMELY TURB FLT PRECAUTIONARYMEASURES IN AREA OF REPORTED TURB.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0047, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 Aug 1962	Boeing 720 N8706E	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1962	Boeing 720B N724US	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Sep 1962	Boeing 720B N8715E	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Feb 1962	Boeing 720 N7206U	Portland, Oregon, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Feb 1963	Boeing 720B N724US	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	43
6 Nov 1963	Boeing 720 N8708E	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-

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