DCA12WA109

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 777-222 · Narita, Japan · July 5, 2012

Accident · Serious injuriesForeign investigation
Date
July 5, 2012, 05:22 local (05:22 UTC)
Place
Narita, Japan
Injuries
1 serious, 3 minor, 252 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N224UABoeing 777-222
Defining event
Enroute: Turbulence encounter
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
84305

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N224UA
Reported as
Boeing 777-222
Category
Airplane
Serial number
30225
Damage
No damage
Flight
Part 121
Operator
United Air Lines Inc
Registered owner
United Air Lines Inc

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.