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| Date: | Saturday 27 March 2010 |
| Time: | 10:12 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-222ER |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N216UA |
| MSN: | 30549/291 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | San Francisco, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Palo Alto, CA (KPAO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Probable Cause: The local controller's issuance of a takeoff clearance to the Boeing 777 without ensuring that approved separation would exist with the Cessna 182. Contributing to the incident were tower procedures that permitted transitioning aircraft to cross the runway 28 departure corridor at low altitude while runways 28L/R were in use.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB OPS10IA020
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 April 2006 | N216UA | United Airlines | 0 | near Shanghai |  |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2023 19:12 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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