# Incident 20110926028409I: Boeing 757-222, Denver, CO, September 26, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2011, 16:37 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.7498° N, 105.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7498&lon=-105.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N526UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N526UA-2019-02-23) (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 PW2037
- People aboard: 188
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,629 total, 8,233 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG11IA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110926028409I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2011, 1637 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING B-757-222, REGISTRATION NUMBER N526UA, OPERATED BY UNITED AIR LINES (UAL) AS FLIGHT 909, AND POWERED BY TWO PRATT & WHITNEY PW2037 TURBOFAN ENGINES, EXPERIENCED A LEFT ENGINE (NO. 1) BIRD STRIKE FOLLOWING TOUCHDOWN ON RWY 35R AT THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DEN), DENVER, COLORADO.  ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT CREW, AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND THE APPLICATION OF FULL REVERSE THRUST, TWO HAWKS WERE OBSERVED ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 35R AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER IMPACTS WERE FELT ON THE FUSELAGE FOLLOWED A NO. 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND AN OBSERVATION OF LOW OIL PRESSURE.  OF THE 179 PASSENGERS AND 9 CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD THE FLIGHT, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO EVACUATION WAS INITIATED.  THE INCIDENT FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 121 AS A DOMESTIC PASSENGER FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO O'HARE AIRPORT (ORD) TO DEN.  DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 ENG11IA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA051), Sep 26, 2011: Boeing 757-222 (N526UA), Denver, CO, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: **This probable cause was modified on 4/5/2012. Please see the public docket for this accident to view the original probable cause.** The initial damage to the fan blades was caused by the ingestion…

## Other reports on N526UA (3)

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

- [Accident 20110531013149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110531013149A), May 31, 2011: Boeing 757-222 (N526UA), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. During push-back for takeoff, towbar pin sheared and aircraft nose wheel rolled over a ground crewmember's foot.
- [Incident 20070524016189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070524016189I), May 24, 2007: Boeing 757222 (N526UA), Newark, NJ, No damage. (-23) Ual 90 sfo-ewr departed with 51,600 lbs of fuel of which only 1600 lbs was for holding. Regulatory reserve fuel was 5000 lbs, with no alternate fuel…
- [Incident 20040827027429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040827027429I), Aug 27, 2004: Boeing 757222 (N526UA), Minor damage. (-23) Uala flight yvr-ord diverted to seattle-tacoma airport because of a flight control vibration. The aircraft landed without incident. Inspection of the…

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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