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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737300 · Omaha, NE · December 30, 1997

Date: December 30, 1997 · 21:09 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UALA
Aircraft: N302UA
Reported as: Boeing 737300
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N302UARegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Boeing 737-322S/N 23643 · Built 1986 Airframe modelBoeing 737-322 Engine modelCFM International CFM56 seriesTurbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: united airlines flight 361 enroute chicago, IL, to san jose, CA diverted to Omaha, NE due to electrical problems. Company mechanics found the #1 ac buss electrical system dropped off line and did not transfer the #2 generator to power the #1 buss. (The #2 buss items continued to be powered by the #2 generator.) Investigation revealed the #1 ac buss circuit breaker popped and would not reset which caused the #1 ac buss electrical system to go off line and also would not allow the transfer of #2 generator power to the #1 ac buss electrical company mechanics replaced the #1 circuit breaker.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 361 ENROUTE CHICAGO, IL, TO SAN JOSE, CA DIVERTED TO OMAHA, NE DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. COMPANY MECHANICS FOUND THE #1 AC BUSS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DROPPED OFF LINE AND DID NOT TRANSFER THE #2 GENERATOR TO POWER THE #1 BUSS. (THE #2 BUSS ITEMS CONTINUED TO BE POWERED BY THE #2 GENERATOR.) INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE #1 AC BUSS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET WHICH CAUSED THE #1 AC BUSS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO GO OFF LINE AND ALSO WOULD NOT ALLOW THE TRANSFER OF #2 GENERATOR POWER TO THE #1 AC BUSS ELECTRICAL COMPANY MECHANICS REPLACED THE #1 CIRCUIT BREAKER.

Other reports on N302UA · 3

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

Incident 20010218004229ILevel Off Touchdown · Denver, CO(-23) United airlines flight #1763 landed at Denver International Airport in an extremely nose high altitude and experienced a tail strike centerline of the a/c and well forward of the aft pressure bulkhead. The damaged area was approx. 64" long by 35" wide,…Feb 18, 2001 · Minor damage Incident 19980430023289INormal Cruise · Rochester, NY(-23) No narrative available.Apr 30, 1998 Incident 19880102010949INormal Cruise · Chicago, ILLost pressurization at cruise altitude. Returned to ord. No emergency declared. Numerous components replaced.Jan 2, 1988