Incident · 2007-10-09

NTSB case CHI08IA026 · Airbus Industrie A320-232 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date
2007-10-09
Event type
Incident
Highest injury level
Minor injury
Aircraft
Airbus Industrie A320-232 (N431UA)
Operating rule
Part 121
Operator
UNITED AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report)
UNITED AIR LINES INC

Probable cause

The misrouted and reversed antiskid wiring by vendor maintenance personnel leading to the runway excursion. Contributing to the incident were the runway sign, the vendor's maintenance personnel not understanding the entire maintenance procedures in the dual tachometer replacement, and the operator's maintenance procedures being unclear to the maintenance personnel.

Source: NTSB case CHI08IA026

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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