# Incident 20100516055869I: Boeing 757-222, Chantilly, VA, May 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2010, 21:17 local time
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Airport: Dulles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 38.9001° N, 77.4495° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9001&lon=-77.4495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N510UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N510UA-2022-10-11) (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 757-222
- Reported engine: P & W PW2040
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG10IA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10IA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100516055869I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 16, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 2117 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING 757-200, N510UA, EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CAPTAIN'S FRONT WINDSHIELD CATCHING FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAX) FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JFK) WHEN THE CREW DIVERTED TO DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAD), CHANTILLY (WASHINGTON, DC), VIRGINIA.  THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT IAD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 7 CREWMEMBERS OR THE 105 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.  THE SCHEDULED DOMESTIC PASSENGER FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR 121 ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## 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 ENG10IA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10IA029), May 17, 2010: Boeing 757 (N510UA), Chantilly, VA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The ignition of the J5 power terminal located on the captain’s No. 1 windshield due to a loose electrical connection between the terminal connector lug and its respective terminal block. The loose…

## Other reports on N510UA (2)

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

- [Incident 19990228012909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990228012909I), Feb 28, 1999: Boeing 757222 (N510UA), Denver, CO, Minor damage. On takeoff aircraft blew #2 aft main tire. Aircraft returned to dia. Landed without incident. Passengers were de-planed on the runway to buses. This was not an…
- [Incident 19910830044769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910830044769I), Aug 30, 1991: Boeing 757222 (N510UA), Washington, DC. Flight encountered turbulence on descent. Two flight attendants injured. Treated and released from hospital.

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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