# Incident 19980121006239I: Boeing 737*, Sandusky, OH, January 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1998
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.4559° N, 82.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandusky, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4559&lon=-82.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980121006239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS A RESULT OF A TCAS/RA, UAL556 CLIMBED FROM ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF FL290 TO FL29,600. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF STANDARD SEPARATION WITH COA 148. CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS 4.25 NM, 1400 FT. UAL 556 CAPTAIN OPINESTH, TCAS/RA WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY THE HIGH RATE OF CLIMB BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, COA 1277, WHICH WAS CLIMBING TO FL280 AND HEAD-ON TO UAL 556.

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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