Boeing 720 N7226U

19 December 1966 · Cleveland Ohio, Ohio, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 19 December 1966 at about 15:59 local time, a Boeing 720 registered N7226U, operated by United Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Cleveland Ohio, Ohio, United States. 39 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 December 1966 at 15:59
Classification: Incident
Location: Cleveland Ohio, Ohio, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 720
Registration: N7226U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: United Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0048

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
39	0	1	0	38

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 DESCENDING TO LAND, SEAT-BELT SIGN ON, AIR SMOOTH.PAX LEFT SEAT, FELL AND BROKE HER LEG

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 4-0048, 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.

Also in

United States 170,864 United Air Lines, Inc. 218 Boeing 720 41 1966 5,966

Other Boeing 720 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Dec 1966	Boeing 720B N57205	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Aug 1966	Boeing 720B N3156	Los Mochis Mex, Mexico no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
30 Sep 1966	Boeing 720B N783PA	Kingston Jamaica, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
31 Jul 1965	Boeing 720B N723US	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1965	Boeing 720 N7532A	Jamaica Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Dec 1967	Boeing 720 N3158	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 41 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Mar 1966	Hughes 269A N8892F	Fort Collins Colo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Kensair Corp.	No injuries	-
17 Mar 1966	Piper PA-22 N7619D	Lake City Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
16 Jun 1966	Brantly B-2 N2131U	N.platte Nebr, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 Sep 1966	Grumman TBM N6894C	Elko Nev, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Sonora Avaitio	Minor injuries	-
27 Oct 1966	Cessna 182 N8829T	Plankinton S Dak, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Jan 1966	Cessna 140A N9489A	Geneva Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 170,864 records in United States