Boeing 727-100 crash, Aug 16, 1965 (30 killed), Chicago I...
Boeing 727-100 accident on August 16, 1965 near Chicago Illinois, United States with 30 fatalities. Cause: The Board was unable to determine why the...
- Date: August 16, 1965
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Chicago Illinois, United States
- Fatalities: 30
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The Board was unable to determine why the aircraft did not level off at its assigned altitude of 6,000 feet.
United Air Lines Flight 389, a Boeing 727 on a scheduled flight from LaGuardia to O'Hare, was descending toward Chicago when it crashed into Lake Michigan and exploded. All 30 people aboard were killed. The NTSB could not determine why the aircraft did not level off at its assigned altitude of 6,000 feet.