# Accident 20190615023989A: 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: 1,532 total, 1,136 in this make and model, 123 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/20190615023989A

## 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.AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST PAST THE P3 TURNOFF. WHILE WALKING THE RUNWAY SEVERAL PIECES THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM THE NOSE WHEEL ASSY. WERE FOUND JUST FORWARD OF THE POINT THE MAIN WHEEL SKID MARKS START. LOOKING DOWN FROM THIS POINT TO THE AIRCRAFT, THERE ARE SKID MARK FROM ALL THREE GEAR WHEELS LEADING TO THE AIRCRAFT. AT THE AIRCRAFT YOU NOTICE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR APPEARS TO BE OUT OF NORMAL POSITION. NOT IN A STRAIGHT VERTICAL POSITION AS NORMAL. MOST OF THE MAIN TIRES ON BOTH GEAR ARE FLAT SPOTTED AND BLOWN, THE FUSELAGE HAS WRINKLED SKIN BY THE FORWARD DOORS. THE NOSE STRUT IS STICKING OUTWARD TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LEFT NOSE WHEEL ASSY. DAMAGED. YOU WILL FIND THAT IN THE NOSE WHEEL WELL THE BOX HAS A CREASE IN THE FORWARD TOP SECTION AND THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR IS INTO THE FUSELAGE AT THE LOCATION THE SKIN IS TORN.

I RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM THE NTSB TO RELEASE AIRCRAFT ONLY TO RELOCATE IN A MAINTENANCE HANGER AND NO WORK IS TO BE DONE.

AIRCRAFT WAS TORN DOWN FOR PARTS AND OUT OF SERVICE FOR GOOD.

## 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 20190615007009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190615007009A), 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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