# Incident 20000509022739I: Airbus A320232, Santa Ana, CA, May 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N423UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N423UA-2025-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-232 (registry code 3930326, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320232
- People aboard: 134
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,052 total, 1,515 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000509022739I

## Narrative

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

(-23)UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 1543 LANDED STRIKING THE TAIL AT 1200 PDT. DAMAGE OCCURRED AT FRAME 70 EXTENDING APPROX. SIX FEET FORWARD.  ONE DRAIN TUBE AND 2 ORANGE ANTENNAS WERE SCRAPPED.  FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHICAGO OHARE WITH A DESTINATION OF JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT IN SANTA ANA, CA.  NTSB REQUESTED THE FDR AND CVR TO BE SENT TO THEIR WASHINGTON LAB.  AIRCRAFT WAS PATCHED IN 4 PLACES WHERE FRAME WAS EXPOSED AND AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO SAN FRANCISCO.  UNITED ENGINEERING DETERMINED DAMAGE TO BE MINOR.  PIC HAS BEEN PULLED OUT OF SERVICE.  UAL CONDUCTED A BRIEFING WITH HIM WITH ADDITIONAL SIM TIME.  THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TWO LEG LINE CHECK FOR QUALIFICATION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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