# Incident 19991025033579I: Boeing 737322, Lincoln, NE, October 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1999, 15:25 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 40.8509° N, 96.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8509&lon=-96.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N365UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N365UA-2013-06-04) (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 737322
- People aboard: 118
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991025033579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N365UA, A B-737-300 BEING OPERATED AS UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 1660 ENROUTE DENVER, CO, TO PHILADELPHIA, PA, ON OCTOBER 25, 1999, DIVERTED INTO LINCOLN, NE, AFTER THE CREW RECEIVED AN OIL FILTER BY-PASS LIGHT ILLUMINATION.  THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED UPON LANDING.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE SCAVANGER SCREEN FOR CONTAMINATION; NONE WAS FOUND.  MAINTENANCE DISCONNECTED AND STOWED THE FILTER BY-PASS WARNING CONNECTOR AND DEFERRED THE ITEM PER MEL 79-31.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD A PREVIOUS WRITE-UP THE DAY BEFORE.  MAINTENANCE RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N365UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20020226004549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020226004549I), Feb 26, 2002: Boeing 737322 (N365UA), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, a B-737, N365UA, operated by united airlines was bound from ewr to ord, operating at FL 240 under an MEL with an…

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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