# Accident 20040301016789A: Boeing 757222, Janesville, WI, March 1, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2004, 14:22 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.6194° N, 89.0403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6194&lon=-89.0403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N516UA-2018-02-21) (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: 175
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040301016789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 1212 ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE WHILE IN A DESCENT 40 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUFFERED A BROKEN ANKLE DURING THE ENCOUNTER. THE CAPTAIN, FIRST OFFICER, 4 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND 169 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED AND CONTINUED TO CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHERE IT LANDED AT 1450 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI04LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA084), Mar 1, 2004: Boeing 757-200 (N516UA), Janesville, WI, no damage. Probable cause: The unexpected encounter with convective turbulence.

## Other reports on N516UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20060320003449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060320003449I), Mar 20, 2006: Boeing 757222 (N516UA), Coraopolis, PA. (-23) At 0718E, united airlines flight 308, a B757, diverted and landed on runway 28L, after the left engine was shut down due to an oil pressurization…

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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