Boeing B-737-500 N904UA

Summary

On 29 October 1995 at about 20:49 local time, a Boeing B-737-500 registered N904UA, operated by United Airlines, was involved in an incident near San Francisco, California, United States. 3 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

29 October 1995 at 20:49

Classification

Incident

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing B-737-500

Registration

N904UA

Category

Airplane

Operator

United Airlines

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

DCA96IA005

Nobody was injured.

The inadvertant stall for undertermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On October 29, 1995, at 1239 PST, a United Airlines Boeing 737-500, N904UA, experienced an upset during a maintenence test flight while on an ILS approach to San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The upset occurred when the flight crew was given a go-around by approach control and the captain selected the takeoff and go-around switch. The airplane pitched up to about 45 degrees nose up and the stick shaker activated. The pilots stated that they pushed the control column forward and both attempted to retrim the nose down but were not able to overcome the increase in pitch. The airplane stalled, rolled slightly, and the nose dropped. After the flightcrew recovered from the upset, the airplane made a normal landing at SFO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.