- Date
- July 11, 2019
- Place
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- Injuries
- 156 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N86534Boeing 737
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 99875
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Factual narrative
The CETAC of Costa Rica has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on July 11, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CETAC's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as State of Manufacturer of the airplane.All investigative information will be released by the CETAC of Costa Rica.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86534
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (824)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 62750
- Engines
- Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27E/FCfm Intl CFM56-7B27E/F
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines Inc
- Departed
- San Jose
- Destination
- KEWR · Newark
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.