Boeing 727-100 crash, Nov 11, 1965 (43 killed), Salt Lake...
Boeing 727-100 accident on November 11, 1965 near Salt Lake City Utah, United States with 43 fatalities. Cause: The captain failed to take timely...
- Date: November 11, 1965
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Salt Lake City Utah, United States
- Fatalities: 43
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain failed to take timely action to arrest an excessive descent rate during the landing approach
United Airlines Flight 227, a Boeing 727 on a multi stop service from New York to San Francisco, crashed while landing at Salt Lake City on 11 November 1965. The aircraft touched down short of the runway after a high rate of descent, the main landing gear separated and fuel lines ruptured, and the fuel ignited. 43 people were killed and 35 were injured, and the Civil Aeronautics Board found that the captain failed to arrest the excessive descent rate in time.