# NTSB LAX86MA161: Boeing 767-222, N609UA, San Fransisco, CA, March 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report
- Date: March 31, 1986, 15:04 local (23:04 UTC)
- Place: San Fransisco, CA
- Coordinates: 37.610404, -122.379081 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6104&lon=-122.3791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 192 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25279
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86MA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25279/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86MA161

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, climb - to cruise
  - fuel system,fuel shutoff - starvation (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadvertent deactivation, pilot in command (cause)
  - physical impairment(hypoglycemia/diet), pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 3000 FEET AGL, DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB PHASE OF THE FLIGHT, BOTH ENGINES FLAMED OUT. THE CREW WAS ABLE TO RESTART BOTH ENGINES AND RETURN TO THE AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N609UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-222
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21870
- Airframe hours: 11053
- Engines: P&W JT9D-7R4D 42500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, March 26, 1986, 46 hours before
- Departed: SFO, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Destination: DEN, DENVER, CO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SFO, San Francisco, runway 1R, 9,500 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 18,059 total, 356 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SFO, 5 nm away

## 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 19860331074099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860331074099I), Mar 31, 1986: Boeing 767222, San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Both engines flamed out during climbout. Aircraft returned safely. Pilot inadvertently actuated fuel shutoff switch.

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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