United Airlines Flight 266

United Airlines Flight 266

Infobox Airliner accident|name=United Airlines Flight 266
Date=January 18 1969
Type=Mechanical Failure
Site= Santa Monica Bay, California, USA
Fatalities=38
Injuries=0
Aircraft Type=Boeing 727-22C
Operator=United Airlines
Tail Number=airreg|N|7434U|disaster
Passengers=32
Crew=6
Survivors= 0

United Airlines Flight 266 was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California to General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin via Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado with 38 on board. On January 18, 1969 at approximately 18:21 PST it crashed into Santa Monica Bay, Pacific Ocean approximately 11.5 miles west of Los Angeles International Airport four minutes after takeoff.

Two minutes into its flight, the pilots reported a fire warning in the No. 1 engine and shut it down. The aircraft had departed LAX with one of its three generators inoperable, and shutting down the suspect engine took a second generator offline. The remaining generator became overloaded and shut down, resulting in the loss of all electrical power.

The pilots began flying in total darkness with less than 3 miles visibility due to fog and rain, with no lights or instruments, and consequently lost complete control of the aircraft due to disorientation and crashed killing all 38.

At the time, a battery powered back-up source for instruments was not required on commercial aircraft. The accident prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to require all transport category aircraft to have new backup instrumentation installed, and powered by a source independent of the generators.

ee also

*Standby Attitude indicator


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