# Incident 19951209045059I: Boeing 737322, Windsor Locks, CT, December 9, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1995, 16:15 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N304UA-2013-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM563C1
- People aboard: 71
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951209045059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT 16:45 PM SATURDAY 9 DEC 95. UNITED FLIGHT 1684 HIT AN EIGHT FOOT HIGH SNOW BANK WHILE TAXIING ON TAXIWAY "SIERRA". THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE INGESTED SNOW AND WAS SHUT DOWN. PASSENGERS WERE OFF LOADED BY CONVENTIONAL MEANS ON THE TAXIWAY AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY UNITED AIRLINES SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE FIRST STAGE FAN AND THE FAN WAS REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO UNITED AIRLINES MAINTENANCE IN CHICAGO FOR FURTHER INSPECTION ON DEC 13, 1995. UNITED AIRLINES USED CORRECT MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES DURING THEIR INSPECTIONS AT BRADLEY FIELD. TAXIWAY LINES WERE NOT VISIBLE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. SNOW BANK WAS IN THE TAXIWAY. NOTAM OF CAUTION WAS ISSUED AND BROADCAST TO THE CREW OF FLIGHT 1684. VISIBILITY WAS POOR AT TIME OF INCIDENT. SNOW WAS PILED ON TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N304UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20000915029219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000915029219I), Sep 15, 2000: Boeing 737322 (N304UA), Des Moines, IA. (-23)Uala flight 269 experienced a flame out of the left engine cruise flight. The crew diverted into the des mines international airport. The crew was able to…

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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