# Incident 20030816023859I: Boeing 737322, Grand Rapids, MI, August 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent County International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N364UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N364UA-2013-08-08) (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
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030816023859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UNITED AIRLINE FLIGHT 1444, B-737, DEPARTED O'HARE AIRPORT ENROUTE TO ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, THE PILOT ADVISED ATC THAT THE MAIN AND STANDBY TRANSPONDERS FAILED 10 MILES EAST OF O'HARE. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE SYSTEM FAILURES 10 MILES WEST OF GRAND RAPIDS MI. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT GRR AIRPORT, WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE TAXIED TO THE GATE. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WERE STANDING BY AT THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N364UA (1)

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

- [Accident 19980617025119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980617025119A), Jun 17, 1998: Boeing 737322 (N364UA), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (.4)The catering truck driver parked directly behind the airplane, awaiting the arrival of another flight at an adjacent gate. He set the parking brake, turned…

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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