Accident · 1997-09-14

NTSB case CHI97LA292 · Boeing 747-422 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-09-14
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Boeing 747-422 (N175UA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: UNITED AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): UNITED AIRLINES

Probable cause

The flight attendant's seat belt was not secured. A factor was turbulence in the clouds.

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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