# Incident 20020305006769I: Boeing 757222, Chicago, IL, March 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2002, 17:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N537UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N537UA-2016-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-222 (registry code 1384956, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2040 (registry code 52121, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2040) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757222
- People aboard: 183
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020305006769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 5, 2002 THE O'HARE (FSDO) FLIGHTS STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED A NOTICE BY FAX FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION OPERATIONS CENTER. THE NOTICE WAS THAT ON MARCH 5, 2002 AT 2300Z, UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 1854, A B-757 REGISTRATION NUMBER N537UA, WAS TAXIING IN ON TAXIWAY "B" WHEN THE (ATCT) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER WAS NOTIFIED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE NOSE GEAR OF AIRCRAFT N537UA. FIRE TRUCKS WERE DISPATCHED AND WERE SAID TO HAVE EXTINGUISHED A FIRE. AT 2303Z THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND ALL 8 EMERGENCY EXIT CHUTES WERE DEPLOYED. 176 PASSENGER PLUS 7 CREWMEMBERS EVACUATED. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES AND THEY WERE BUSSED TO TERMINAL GATE C-9.

## Other reports on N537UA (2)

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

- [Incident 20140506009469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140506009469I), May 6, 2014: Boeing 757-222 (N537UA), Lincoln, NE, Minor damage. On may 06, 2014, at approximately 1300 CDT, united 757-222, N537UA, flight 297, diverted into Lincoln municipal airport (lnk) due to a right engine oil filter…
- [Incident 19950707033399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950707033399I), Jul 7, 1995: Boeing 757200 (N537UA), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Encountered severe hail storms en route. Damaged windshield nose wings engine vanes cowlings and etc.

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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