United Airlines Flight 297
- United Airlines Flight 297
Infobox Airliner accident|name=United Airlines Flight 297
Date=November 23 1962
Type=Bird strike
Site=near Columbia, Maryland
Fatalities=17
Injuries=0
Aircraft Type=Vickers Viscount 745D
Operator=United Airlines
Tail Number=airreg|N|7430|disaster
Passengers=13
Crew=4
Survivors = 0
United Airlines Flight 297, a Vickers Viscount 745D, was a scheduled flight from Newark International Airport (EWR/KEWR) in Newark, New Jersey to Washington, D.C. with 17 people on board.
On November 23, 1962 at approximately 12:24 P.M. EDT, it crashed just northwest of what is now Columbia, Maryland after striking a flock of whistling swans while cruising at 6,000 feet (1,800 m). The bird strike caused the horizontal stabilizer to separate, leading to loss of control and the crash which killed all on board. The crew were Captain Milton J. Balog, Copilot Robert J. Lewis, and Stewardesses Mary Kay Klein and Kaaren G. Brent. Captain Balog had been with Capital Airlines, which had operated Viscount N7430 (s/n 128) prior to Capital's merger with United.
Note
United Airlines uses the 297 flight designation for the BWI Airport (BWI/KBWI) in Baltimore, Maryland to the San Francisco International Airport (SFO/KSFO) in San Francisco, California and onto Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO/KRNO) in Reno, Nevada flight route.
External links
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19621123-1 accident description] from the Aviation Safety Network
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