- Date
- October 5, 2026, 17:56 local (Oct 6, 2026, 00:56 UTC)
- Place
- San Francisco, CA
- Injuries
- 287 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N796UABoeing 777-222
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Case key
- 203956
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N796UA
- Reported as
- Boeing 777-222
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines Inc
- Registered owner
- United Airlines Inc
N796UARegistered now · Boeing 777-222Airframe modelBoeing 777-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney PW4000 series
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Other investigations on N796UA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.