Boeing 787 N26909

Summary

On 3 February 2019 at about 01:10 local time, a Boeing 787 registered N26909, operated by United Airlines, was involved in an accident near Pacific Ocean, United States. 221 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 February 2019 at 01:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Pacific Ocean, United States

Coordinates

37.6347, -130.0702

Aircraft

Boeing 787

Registration

N26909

Category

Airplane

Year built

2014

Operator

United Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Francisco → Chengdu

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DCA19CA090

1 person was seriously injured.

an inadvertent slip and fall that resulted in a serious injury.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On February 3, 2019, about 0110 UTC, United Airlines flight 9, N26909, a Boeing 787-800, was enroute to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Chengdu, China (ZUUU) over the Gulf of Alaska when a flight attendant slipped and fell and sustained a serious injury.  The remaining 13 crew and 207 passengers were not injured.  The airplane was not damaged. The regularly scheduled international passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 from San Francisco International Airport (KSFO), San Francisco, California. According to the flight crew, the flight attendant lost her grip on the handrail while climbing the stairs to the crew rest area and fell down the stairs. After arrival the flight attendant went to a medical center and was diagnosed with a broken tibia.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.