- Date
- December 30, 2020, 00:34 local (00:34 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- Injuries
- 129 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73275Boeing 737-824
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA, United Airlines
- FAA report
- 20201230021489I
- Case key
- 102479
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73275
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-824
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31593
- Built
- 2002
- Engines
- CFM Intl. CFM56 SERIES, turbo fanCFM Intl. CFM56 SERIES, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Registered owner
- Wells Fargo Trust Co Na Trustee
- Departed
- IAH · Houston, TX
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- SJO · Juan Santamaria International Airport
N73275Registered now · Boeing 737-824Airframe modelBoeing 737-824Engine modelCFM International CFM56 series
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.
Weather
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6.21 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- MROC
- METAR
- MROC 310000Z 24008KT 9999 -RA OVC005 20/20 A2997 NOSIG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.