- Date
- August 30, 2024, 09:26 local (09:26 UTC)
- Place
- Brussels, Belgium · Google Earth Lat/Long for runway 7L
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57111Boeing 757-224
- Defining event
- Approach: Altitude deviation
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- United Airlines, Boeing, United Flight Safety - Sr Investigator, Belgium AAIU
- Case key
- 201861
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
- N57111
- Reported as
- Boeing 757-224
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27301
- Built
- 1994
- Engines
- Rolls-Royc RB-211 SERIES, 22,000 lbs thrust, turbo fanRolls-Royc RB-211 SERIES, 22,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines Inc
- Registered owner
- United Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- BRU · Brussels
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BRU · Brussels Airport, runway 07L, 11,936 × 148 ft, asphalt
N57111Registered now · Boeing 757-224Airframe modelBoeing 757-224Engine modelRolls-Royce RB-211 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.