# Accident 20190615007009A: Boeing 757-224, Newark, NJ, June 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2019, 13:00 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26123, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26123-2019-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-224 (registry code 1384958, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211-22 series (registry code 54554, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-22-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-224
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC RB-211-22
- People aboard: 171
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,385 total, 1,136 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA19CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190615007009A

## Narrative

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

UNITED FLIGHT UA627 LANDED ON RUNWAY 22L. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE BOUNCED

SEVERAL TIMES SEVERAL FEET IN AIR BEFORE SEVERAL MAIN TIRES AND THE LEFT

NOSE TIRE BLEW. THIS PULLED AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT TO THE POINT OF FINAL

RESTING LOCATION. ALL PAX AND CREW DEPARTED AIRCRAFT FROM AFT RIGHT CABIN

DOOR.

ORIGINALLY INVESTIGATED BY TEB FSDO IIC WAYNE VAN STEENBURG EA25

TRANSFERRED TO UAL CMO GL33 ON JULY 23, 2019.

ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FROM INSPECTOR VAN STEENBURG IS PASTED ABOVE.

UAL CMO DID NOT RESPOND TO SCENE OF ACCIDENT. AFTER A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE BY THE UAL CMO IT WAS DETERMINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE EXISTED AND CLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 DCA19CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA167), Jun 15, 2019: Boeing 757 (N26123), Newark, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: an improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and substantial damage.

## Other reports on N26123 (2)

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

- [Accident 20190615023989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190615023989A), Jun 15, 2019: Boeing 757-224 (N26123), Newark, NJ, Substantial damage. United flight UA627 landed on runway 22L. The aircraft's nose bounced several times several feet in air before several main tires and the left nose tire blew.…
- [Incident 20020805022109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020805022109I), Aug 5, 2002: Boeing 757224 (N26123), Juneau, AK. (-23) Aircraft was enroute from iah>anc, cala #1507, B-757-224, N26123, etops qualified, & @ cruise altitide, pilots noticed a fuel configuration light…

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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