About flight 389:
The Boeing, just 3 months old, departed New York-LaGuardia at 19:52 for a flight to Chicago-O'Hare. The aircraft climbed to cruising altitude FL350, which was reached at 20:11. At 21:03 the flight was cleared to FL240 and further down to FL140 three minutes later. At 21:11 the crew were cleared to descend to 6000 feet. Last radio communications with the flight were at 21:19 when the crew were told to maintain 6000 feet and that ILS approaches were in progress on runway 14R. Shortly after this the aircraft crashed into Lake Michigan in 250 feet of water, 30 miles ENE of O'Hare Airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board is not able to determine the reason for the aircraft not being leveled off at its assigned altitude of 6000ft."
ASN Report were here:https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/332587
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Boeing727-100c United Airline N7001U
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 108.1ft (32.9m)
- Length 133.3ft (40.6m)
- Height 34.3ft (10.5m)
- Empty Weight 60,204lbs (27,308kg)
- Loaded Weight 99,841lbs (45,287kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.27
- Wing Loading 42.7lbs/ft2 (208.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,336.4ft2 (217.1m2)
- Drag Points 9284
Parts
- Number of Parts 605
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 2,469
Something wrong with this aircraft:the register number is N7036U,not N7063U
But the real register number is N7036U