# Incident 20000731029339I: Boeing 737322, Las Vegas, NV, July 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2000, 20:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N392UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000731029339I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 31, 2000, UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT #2458 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 7L AT MCCARRAN AIRPORT IN LAS VEGAS, NV. AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT AND RAN OVER A RUNWAY LIGHT THEN CORRECTED BACK TO THE LEFT AND CONTINUES THEIR TAKEOFF.  AFTER DEPARTURE, THEY WERE UNABLE TO RAISE THE RIGHT MAIN SO THE CREW CONTACTED THEIR COMPANY AND INFORMED THEM THAT THEY MAY HAVE RUN OVER A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THEIR RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND THAT THEY WERE NO UNABLE TO RAISE THE RIGHT MAI GEAR.  WITH AUTHORIZATION FROM THEIR COMPANY, FLIGHT #2458 CONTINUED TO THEIR DESTINATION AIRPORT OF SAN FRANCISO, CA AT LOW ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED, FOR SAFETY REASONS, WITHOUT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.  ATC EVENTUALLY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR THEM.  AN EMERGENCY FOR THEM.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND HAD KNOWLEDGE OF STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR THAT WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF AND STILL FAILING TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY IS INDICATIVE OF A PILOT THAT IS OPERATING HIS AIRCRAFT IN A CARELESS AND RECKLESS MANNER.

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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