# Incident 19990217015679I: Boeing 757251, Detroit, MI, February 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1999, 19:40 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N514US-2011-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,226 total, 386 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990217015679I

## Narrative

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

(-5) A FLIGHT ATTENDANT OPENED AN OVERHEAD BIN AND A SNOWBOARD STOWED IN THE BIN FELL OUT HITTING THE PASSENGER IN SEAT 10C, A MR. CHARLES (RICK) KIVLS AND RENDERING HIM UNCONSCIOUS. THE PASSENGER WAS ASSISTED BY AN EMT ON BOARD, AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL MET THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT LANDED AT DTW.

## Other reports on N514US (2)

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

- [Incident 20080512836529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080512836529I), May 12, 2008: Boeing 757251 (N514US), Daggett, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft departed los angles, CA enroute to detroit, MI. As the aircraft reached 23,000 feet, the flight crew felt what the pilot described as a…
- [Incident 19890908054179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890908054179I), Sep 8, 1989: Boeing 757251 (N514US), Billings, MT. Low oil pressure. Left engine shut down. Landed Billings. Bearing in electronic engine control alternator failed.

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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