Boeing 767-222 N606UA

Summary

On 20 June 1995 at about 23:10 local time, a Boeing 767-222 registered N606UA was involved in an accident near Champagne, Illinois, United States. 148 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 June 1995 at 23:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Champagne, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

40.1096, -88.2604

Aircraft

Boeing 767-222

Registration

N606UA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New York → San Francisco

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI95LA188

4 people were seriously injured.

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

While vectoring between two thunderstorm cells in IMC, the airplane momentarily entered into VMC, and the flightcrew saw a cumulus nimbus buildup directly ahead of their path. The captain stated that this buildup had not been displayed on their radar and the cell was too close to avoid. The captain immediately made an announcement for the flight attendants, who were in the process of serving the cabin, to be seated. He stated that there was not enough time for the flight attendants to react before the airplane penetrated the top of the buildup. The flight experienced ten seconds of severe turbulence and lost approximately 900 feet in altitude. Three of the nine flight attendants were seriously injured. One passenger, who was seated but had not had her seat belt fastened, was also seriously injured. The seat belt sign had been on for approximately eight to ten minutes prior to cell penetration.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.