# Incident 20020213001009I: Boeing 757222, Pittsburgh, PA, February 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2002, 08:05 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N579UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N579UA-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-700 (registry code 1384413, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757222
- Reported engine: PWA PW2040
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020213001009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/13/02, UNITED AIRLINE FLIGHT 297, A B-757-222, DIVERTED TO PIT DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE LEFT GENERATOR. CFR RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. THEY DIVERTED BECAUSE THE APU HAD BEEN PLACED ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE CREWS AT PITTSBURGH CONTACTED SFOLM AND CHECKED OPERATION OF THE APU AND DETERMINED IT WAS OPERATIONAL AND CHECKED O.K. AND THEN THEY CLEARED THE DEFERRAL (REF DF58). MAINTENANCE THEN PLACED THE LEFT GENERATOR ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. THE FLIGHT WAS THEN CONTINUED TO SAN FRANCISCO. THIS CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N579UA (1)

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

- [Accident 19930624036859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930624036859A), Jun 24, 1993: Boeing 757222 (N579UA), Baraboo, WI. Descending through FL290 short encounter moderate turbulence. Flight attendant fell and broke her ankle.

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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