# Incident 20100720040999I: Boeing 777-222, Denver, CO, July 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2010, 19:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N773UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N773UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-222 (registry code 1385219, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777-222
- Reported engine: UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 268
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 17
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,978 total, 2,931 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100720040999I

## Narrative

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

UA967 OPERATING FROM IAD TO LAX ON 07/20/2010.  SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITIE ON DEPARTURE AND ALONG ROUTE OF FLIGHT.  CAPTAIN DIRECTED FLIGHT ATTENDENTS TO REMAIN SEATED AFTER TAKEOFF AND NUMEROUS  TIMES DURING FLIGHT .   ALSO TURNED SEAT BELT SIGN ON NUMEROUS TIMES. FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A EAST-WEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KANSAS CITY.  OBTAINED REROUTE FURTHER SOUTH OF THUNDERSTORMS TO REMAIN 30 MILES CLEAR OF WEATHER.  10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ENCOUNTER CREW TURNED ON SEAT BELT SIGNS, MADE ANNOUNCEMENT AND HAD FLIGHT ATTENDENTS SEATED. IN AN AREA OF LIGHT PRECIPATION INDICATING ON THE RADAR THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A 4 SECOND SEVERE TURBULENCE EVENT OF + - 1G.  AUTO PILOT REMAINED ENGAGED WITH NO SPEED TRANSIENTS.  CABIN REPORTED 13 PAX INJURIES AND 4 FA INJURIES WITH 3 DOCTORS, 1 EMT AND 1 DEADHEADING CAPTAIN IN ATTENDENCE.  DECISION MADE TO DIVERT TO DENVER FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.  FLIGHT LANDED IN DENVER AT 2050 LOCAL TIME. INJURED PASSENGER AND FLIGHT ATTENDENTS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS, AND THE CREW WAS INTERVIEWED BY A FAA OPS INSPECTOR FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FSDO. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED AFTER INSPECTION BY UNITED AIRLINES MAINTENANCE AND A FAA AW INSPECTOR.  AIRCRAFT INTERIOR REQUIRED MINOR CLEANING,  REPLACEMENT OF SEVERAL PANELS AND REPLACEMENT OF 1 PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT.  INJURED PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT ATTENDENTS WERE RELEASE FROM THE LOCAL HOSPITALS WITHIN 6 HOURS.

## Other reports on N773UA (2)

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

- [Incident 20180213018599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180213018599I), Feb 13, 2018: Boeing 777-222 (N773UA), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. On February 13, 2018, about 1200 hawaiian standard TIME1 (HST), a Boeing 777-222 airplane, N773UA, operated by united airlines as flight 1175, experienced an…
- [Incident 19950614035669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950614035669I), Jun 14, 1995: Boeing 777222 (N773UA), Denver, CO. Lost cabin pressure. T airduct separated downstream acm muffler. Modification of attached fittings due at factory.

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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