# NTSB DCA21WA061: Boeing 737-824, N73275, San Jose, Costa Rica, December 30, 2020

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 30, 2020, 00:34 local (00:34 UTC)
- Place: San Jose, Costa Rica
- Coordinates: 9.99386, -84.208801
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=9.9939&lon=-84.2088&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 129 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA, United Airlines
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA21WA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA061

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 737-824, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=13844BZ), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73275](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73275), registered now, S/N 31593, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-824
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-824](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824) (registry code 13844BZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [CFM International CFM56 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (registry code 13802, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31593
- Year built: 2002
- Engines: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES turbo fan; CFM 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 20201230021489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201230021489I), Dec 30, 2020: Boeing 737-824, San Jose, Minor damage. On December 30, 2020, united airlines flight 1055, a Boeing 737-800 with registration number N73275, operating a flight from houston bush intercontinental…

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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