| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 9 June 2019 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-924ER (WL) |
| Operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N75436 |
| MSN: | 33531/2947 |
| First flight: | 2009-06-15 (10 years) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-7B26 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 184 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Reno-Cannon International Airport, NV (RNO/KRNO), United States of America |
| Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | UA401 |
United Airlines flight 401 suffered a tail strike on landing on runway 16R at Denver International Airport, Colorado, USA.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
TailstrikeRunway mishap
Sources:
» NTSBMETAR Weather report:
20:53 UTC / 14:53 local time:KDEN 092053Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW050 FEW200 14/02 A3047 RMK AO2 SLP285 T01440022 58005
21:53 UTC / 15:53 local time:
KDEN 092153Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW050 FEW140 16/02 A3046 RMK AO2 SLP279 T01610022
22:53 UTC / 16:53 local time:
KDEN 092253Z 00000KT 10SM FEW055 FEW140 15/01 A3045 RMK AO2 SLP279 T01500011
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Distance from Reno-Cannon International Airport, NV to Denver International Airport, CO as the crow flies is 1282 km (801 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Reno-Cannon International Airport, NV to Denver International Airport, CO as the crow flies is 1282 km (801 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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