Boeing 767-222 N601UA

Summary

On 9 January 1993 at about 02:37 local time, a Boeing 767-222 registered N601UA, operated by United Airlines, was involved in an incident near Denver, Colorado, United States. 208 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 January 1993 at 02:37

Classification

Incident

Location

Denver, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 767-222

Registration

N601UA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

United Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Newark → San Francisco

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

DEN93IA025

Nobody was injured.

MEDICAL INCAPACITATION OF THE FIRST OFFICER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.