# NTSB DCA09WA066: Boeing 767, N658UA, Keflavik, Iceland, July 20, 2009

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 20, 2009, 14:44 local (14:44 UTC)
- Place: Keflavik, Iceland
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74331
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09WA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74331/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA066

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 767-322, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md?model=1385200), [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 20, 2009, UAL flight 949, a B767 enroute from London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare experienced smoke in the cockpit and the crew elected to divert to Keflavik, Iceland. The flight landed without further incident and no injuries among the 11 crew and 178 passengers. The event is being investigated by AAIB Iceland, who requested recorder readout assistance from NTSB.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N658UA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N658UA), registered now, S/N 27113, built 1993 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767 (300)
- Registry model: [Boeing 767-322](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-322) (registry code 1385200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (registry code 52119, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6458
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: United Airlines
- Registered owner: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: EGLL, LONDON LHR
- Destination: KORD, Chicago, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BIKF, Keflavik

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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.

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