Incident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 31 MAR 1986 |
| Time: | 15:04 |
| Type: | Boeing 767-222 |
| Operator: | United Air Lines |
| Registration: | N609UA |
| C/n / msn: | 21870/13 |
| First flight: | 1982-07-19 (3 years 9 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11053 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 185 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 192 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | 9 km (5.6 mls) NNE of San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America |
| Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), United States of America |
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. On August 19, 1983 this same aircraft (N609UA) suffered a double engine flameout.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
Fuel system,fuel shutoff..Starvation
Fuel supply..Inadvertent deactivation..Pilot in command
Contributing Factors:
Physical impairment(hypoglycemia/diet)..Pilot in command Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from San Francisco International Airport, CA to Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO as the crow flies is 1524 km (953 miles).
Distance from San Francisco International Airport, CA to Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO as the crow flies is 1524 km (953 miles).
