- Date
- January 8, 1993, 19:37 local (Jan 9, 1993, 02:37 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 208 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N601UABoeing 767-222
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930108016629I
- Case key
- 18251
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Probable cause
Medical incapacitation of the first officer.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While in cruise flight en route from newark, new jersey, to san francisco, California, the first officer suffered a grand mal seizure and was incapable of continuing his duties. A company pilot riding as a passenger came to the flight deck and assumed the first officer's duties, and the aircraft made an uneventful precautionary landing in Denver, Colorado, where the incapacitated first officer was removed to medical facilities.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601UA
- Reported as
- Boeing 767-222
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21862
- Engine
- none N/A, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- SFO · San Francisco, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,686 total · 2,647 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.