# Incident 20070507826629I: Boeing 737522, Dayton, OH, May 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2007, 14:54 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.7589° N, 84.1916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dayton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7589&lon=-84.1916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N914UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N914UA-2010-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-522 (registry code 138449F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737522
- People aboard: 124
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 4,822 in this make and model, 213 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070507826629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING UNITED FLIGHT 619 FROM DCA TO ORD, THE CAPTAIN BECAME INCAPACITATED AND APPEARED TO BE HAVING A HEART ATTACK. A PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT WAS ONBOARD THE FLIGHT AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CAPTAIN BE REMOVED FROM THE COCKPIT AND PLACED ON THE FLOOR OF THE FORWARD GALLEY FOR TREATMENT. THE FIRST OFFICER ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT, ELECTED TO REMAIN IN THE RIGHT SEAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT, KEPT A FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN THE COCKPIT WITH HIM TO ASSIST AS REQUIRED, KEPT ABREAST OF THE MEDICAL SITUATION WITH THE CAPTAIN, COORDINATED WITH UNITED AIRLINES DISPATCH, DECLARED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO DAYTON COX AIRPORT, OH FOR AN IMMEDIATE LANDING. AFTER LANDING, THE FIRST OFFICER MOVED OVER TO THE LEFT SEAT AND TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GATE WHERE EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAS STANDING BY.

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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