- Date
- September 8, 2025, 23:57 local (Sep 9, 2025, 02:57 UTC)
- Place
- Ezeiza, Argentina · Provided by JST
- Injuries
- 266 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N796UABoeing 777-222
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Boeing, FAA AVP-110, JST, United Airlines
- Case key
- 201821
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
- N796UA
- Reported as
- Boeing 777-222
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26931
- Built
- 1998
- Engines
- P&W PW4000 SER, 60,000 lbs thrust, turbo fanP&W PW4000 SER, 60,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines Inc
- Registered owner
- United Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SAEZ · Buenos Aires, OF
- Destination
- IAH · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
N796UARegistered now · Boeing 777-222Airframe modelBoeing 777-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney PW4000 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.
Flight crew · 3
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Certificate
- Airline transport
Other investigations on N796UA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.