# Incident 20180213018599I: Boeing 777-222, Honolulu, HI, February 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 21.3178° N, 157.9203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3178&lon=-157.9203&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: P & W PW4077
- People aboard: 373
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA18IA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18IA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180213018599I

## Narrative

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

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 IN-FLIGHT SEPARATION OF A FAN BLADE AND THE INLET AND FAN COWLS OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, A PRATT & WHITNEY (P&W) PW4077 DURING DESCENT TO THE DANIEL K. INOYUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (HNL), HONOLULU, HAWAII.  SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE INITIAL DESCENT AS THE AIRPLANE WAS PASSING THROUGH FL 327,2 THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED WARNINGS OF AN ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO HNL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, LANDING AT 1237 HST. THE 363 PASSENGERS AND 10 CREW MEMBERS DEPLANED NORMALLY AT THE GATE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATING AS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED FLIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA TO HNL.

## 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 DCA18IA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18IA092), Feb 13, 2018: Boeing 777 222 (N773UA), Honolulu, HI, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the fracture of a fan blade due to P&W's continued classification of the TAI inspection process as a new and emerging technology that permitted them to continue accomplishing the inspection without…

## Other reports on N773UA (2)

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

- [Incident 20100720040999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100720040999I), Jul 20, 2010: Boeing 777-222 (N773UA), Denver, CO, No damage. 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…
- [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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