- Date
- July 1, 2017, 04:10 local (04:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fukushima, Japan
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 261 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29968Boeing 787-9
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Clear air turbulence encounter
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 95625
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Factual narrative
The Japanese Transport Safety Board (JTSB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 787-9 airplane that occurred on July 01, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the JTSB's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane.All investigative information will be released by the JTSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29968
- Reported as
- Boeing 787-9 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60141
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- United Airlines 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.