# Incident 19870314009739I: Boeing 737291, Lincoln, NE, March 14, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1987, 08:00 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 40.8509° N, 96.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8509&lon=-96.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N987UA-2002-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870314009739I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS BURNED BY HOT COFFEE AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

## Other reports on N987UA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880405032799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880405032799I), Apr 5, 1988: Boeing 737291 (N987UA), Denver, CO. Two aircraft acknowledged the same clearance for cruise altitude went unoticed or challenged by issuing controller.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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