# Incident 19971230044429I: Boeing 737300, Omaha, NE, December 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1997, 21:09 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N302UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302UA-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 737300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971230044429I

## Narrative

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

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 20010218004229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010218004229I), Feb 18, 2001: Boeing 737322 (N302UA), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) United airlines flight #1763 landed at Denver International Airport in an extremely nose high altitude and experienced a tail strike centerline of the…
- [Incident 19980430023289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980430023289I), Apr 30, 1998: Boeing 737322 (N302UA), Rochester, NY. (-23) No narrative available.
- [Incident 19880102010949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880102010949I), Jan 2, 1988: Boeing 737322 (N302UA), Chicago, IL. Lost pressurization at cruise altitude. Returned to ord. No emergency declared. Numerous components replaced.

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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