Boeing B-727 N7036U
16 August 1965 · Lake Michigan Ill, Illinois, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 16 August 1965 at about 20:21 local time, a Boeing B-727 registered N7036U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Lake Michigan Ill, Illinois, United States. 30 people were on board and 30 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:21
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lake Michigan Ill, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Chicago O'hare
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing B-727
- Registration
- N7036U
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- United Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0030
People
30 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
N7036U CRASHED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing B-727 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 1965 | Boeing B-727 | Tampa, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 1965 | Boeing B-727 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 1965 | Boeing B-727 | Miami Fla, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 16 Dec 1965 | Boeing B-727 | Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. | Northeast Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Aug 1965 | Boeing B-727 | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States | American Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Aug 1965 | Boeing B-727 | Little Rock Ark, Arkansas, United States | American Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 1965 | Hughes 269A-1 | Lynch Ky, Kentucky, United States | Rotairport, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 1965 | Cessna 195B | Imnaha Oreg, Oregon, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 1965 | Bell 204B | Georgetown Colo, Colorado, United States | Whirl-Wide HEL | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Jan 1965 | Piper PA28 | San Jose Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 1965 | Navion B | Englewood Fla, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Apr 1965 | Boeing A75N1 | Mesa Ariz, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |