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Boeing 737 N9047U

8 February 1970 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 February 1970 at about 18:54 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N9047U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. 63 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:54
Classification
Incident
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Nearest airport
Baer Field
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 737
Registration
N9047U
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Hartford, Conn → Lincoln, Nebr
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
IMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
4-0065

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
63 0 0 0 63

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

ACFT T/D 9K ABV V REF SPEED 122K.DOWNWIND COMPONENT ABT 5-6K.T/D 5055FT RWY REMAIN, RWY NEED 5775FT

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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