# Accident 19970608021679A: Boeing 737322, Valparaiso, IN, June 8, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1997, 15:17 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.4701° N, 87.0495° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4701&lon=-87.0495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N321UA-2013-07-16) (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: 79
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 926 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970608021679A

## Narrative

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

BROKE OUT UNDER CLOUDS. TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO MISS OTHER PLANE. FLIGHT ATTENDENT SERIOUSLY INJURED. OTHER UNKNOWN. (-23) ON JUNE 8, 1997, AT 0917 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING 737-300 N321UA, OPERATED BY UNITED AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 1517, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR VALPARAISO, INDIANA. THE AIRPLANE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.  ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ONBOARD UNITED 1517 SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK INJURIES AND HAS REMAINED HOSPITALIZED BEYOND 48 HOURS.  ANOTHER FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.  THE 2 FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS, ANOTHER FLIGHT ATTENDANT, AND 76 PASSENGERS ONBOARD WERE NOT INJURED.  UNITED 1517 HAD JUST DESCENDED INTO VFR CONDITIONS AND WAS OPERATING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  ANOTHER AIRPLANE WAS IN VFR CONDITIONS AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN OR IN CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURENCE.  UA 1517 HAD RECEIVED A TCAS ADVISORY AND ALERT, AND INITIATED A CLIMB IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI97LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA162), Jun 8, 1997: Boeing 737-300 (N321UA), Valparaiso, IN, no damage. Probable cause: a delay by the pilot of the other aircraft in turning on his mode C transponder.

## Other reports on N321UA (2)

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

- [Incident 19981004035009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981004035009I), Oct 4, 1998: Boeing 737* (N321UA), Buffalo, NY. On Sunday, October 4, 1998, a Boeing 737, N32IUA, flight 1070, operated by united airlines, departed from hartford, CT for chicago, IL and experienced problems…
- [Incident 19941112040739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941112040739I), Nov 12, 1994: Boeing 737322 (N321UA), Lincoln, NE. APU fire light on. Diverted to lnk. No fire evidence at lnk. At den found shorted APU wiring harness.

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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