# Incident 19910203008809I: Boeing 737222, San Francisco, CA, February 3, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1991, 11:46 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9008U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9008U-1998-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- People aboard: 113
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,860 total, 7,046 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910203008809I

## Narrative

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

A SYSTEM FAILED ON FINAL APPROACH. LOST NOSE WHEEL STEERING ON ROLLOUT. MAIN GEAR ISOLATION VALVE HOUSING CRACKED.

## Other reports on N9008U (4)

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

- [Incident 19951203044009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951203044009I), Dec 3, 1995: Boeing 737222 (N9008U), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: on 12/03/95, UAL704 had flap problems and landed at mci at 1750 LCL, without incident. Investigation revealed the left flap asymmetry transmitter…
- [Incident 19901127056889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901127056889I), Nov 27, 1990: Boeing 737222 (N9008U), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. While on descent into airport aircraft received a lightning strike. Landed safely. Replaced the radome.
- [Incident 19800219026929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800219026929I), Feb 19, 1980: Boeing 737222 (N9008U), Chicago, IL. Flight returned to O'Hare because of a cracked pilot's windshield.
- [Incident 19800127019319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800127019319I), Jan 27, 1980: Boeing 737222 (N9008U), Minneapolis, MN. Aircraft had a hydraulic "a" system failure & aborted takeoff. Rupture found hydraulic flexible pressure line.

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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