# Incident 19880405032799I: Boeing 737291, Denver, CO, April 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1988, 10:54 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Stapleton International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880405032799I

## Narrative

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

TWO AIRCRAFT ACKNOWLEDGED THE SAME CLEARANCE FOR CRUISE ALTITUDE WENT UNOTICED OR CHALLENGED BY ISSUING CONTROLLER.

## Other reports on N987UA (1)

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

- [Incident 19870314009739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870314009739I), Mar 14, 1987: Boeing 737291 (N987UA), Lincoln, NE. A flight attendant was burned by hot coffee and required medical assistance.

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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