# Incident 19960908030149I: Boeing 737322, Newark, NJ, September 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1996, 23:28 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N332UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N332UA-2008-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- People aboard: 123
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960908030149I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 032OZ UALA FLIGHT 1260, A B-737-300 DEPARTED EWR FROM RUNWAY 22 RIGHT. WHILE IN CLIMB PILOT REPORTED SEVERE VIBRATION AND OSCILLATION IN RUDDER PEDALS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, REQUESTED RETURN TO EWR, CFR RESPONDED, LANDED ON RUNWAY (EWR) AT 2328L RWY 22 RIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT TAXIED TO RAMP AND DEPLANED THE 117 PASSENGERS. FLIGHT DATA AND VOICE RECORDER PULLED BY REQUEST OF NTSB. FURTHER ONSITE INVESTIGATION ONGOING BY AIRLINE, NTSB, AND INSPECTOR DODDS FROM AEA-FSDO-25 STATES THAT VIBRATION IN RUDDER PEDALS WAS PUBLICATED BY MAINTENANCE WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS. SIMILAR INCIDENT OF THIS NATURE OCCURRED IN AUGUST OF '93. AFTER OBSERVATION, I CONCUR WITH BOEING AND UALA ENGINEERING REPORTS. THIS IS A BRAKE RELATED PROBLEM NOT FLIGHT CONTROL PROBLEM

## Other reports on N332UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20080925849899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080925849899I), Sep 25, 2008: Boeing 737322 (N332UA), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) The investigation is on-going and conducted by the den cfmo (WP-30). Amended -23 01/06/2009, this incident involves an aircraft colliding with a lavatory…

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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