# Incident 19930804045239I: Boeing 747122, Washington, DC, August 4, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1993, 18:44 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4723U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4723U-1998-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-122 (registry code 1384872, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-122) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747122
- People aboard: 359
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,935 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930804045239I

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTURE CAPTAIN BEGAN FEELING LIGHT HEADED. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY.CAPTAIN LATER CLEAED BY MEDICAL.

## Other reports on N4723U (1)

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

- [Accident 19971228039379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971228039379A), Dec 28, 1997: Boeing 747122 (N4723U), Tokyo, JA, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Narrative: about one hour-forty minutes after takeoff, at 1840Z, in the vicinity of N82-30 latitude, E158-60 longitude, the captain observed slow variations in…

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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