N772UA1995 Boeing 777-222
Timeline
- Built (Boeing 777-222)Serial number 26930
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- Current registration certificate issuedOwner type: Corporation
- NTSB incident record DCA21FA085Damage: Minor · Highest injury: None
- Latest FAA registry actionMost recent change recorded in the FAA registry
- Registration expiresValid
From FAA registry and NTSB records. Registration dates reflect paperwork, not flights.
The aircraft
- Make & model
- Boeing 777-222
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 1995
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- P&W PW4000 SER (60,000 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 26930
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2029
- Certificate issued
- Apr 1, 2013
- Airworthiness class
- Standard
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Registered owner
- UNITED AIRLINES INC
The registered owner is often a bank, leasing company or trust, not necessarily the airline or person who flies it.
What kind of aircraft is this?
The Boeing 777 is a large twin-engine, twin-aisle (wide-body) long-haul jet, in service since 1995.
In plain terms, it's a jet (turbofan) multi-engine airplane. Certification: Type certificated (factory design approved by the FAA).
There are 52 aircraft of this exact model variant on the US register, and about 334 Boeing aircraft with closely related model designations, out of 317,717 registered aircraft in total.
An aircraft's age on its own says little about how safe it is: airliners are maintained on strict, regulator-approved schedules, and inspections become more detailed as aircraft get older. More about the Boeing 777 →
NTSB accident & incident history for N772UA
1 record found. An "incident" is a less serious event; an "accident" involves serious injury or substantial damage, as defined by the NTSB. Many records involve no injuries at all.
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Feb 20, 2021 (20:09 UTC)Incident · Broomfield, CONTSB #DCA21FA085Aircraft in report: BOEING 777-222Damage: MinorHighest injury: None
NTSB probable cause: The fatigue failure of the right engine fan blade. Contributing to the fan blade failure was the inadequate inspection of the blades, which failed to identify low-level indications of cracking, and the insufficient frequency of the manufacturer’s inspection intervals, which permitted the low-level crack indications to propagate undetected and ultimately resulted in the fatigue failure. Contributing to the severity of the engine damage following the fan blade failure was the design and testing of the engine inlet, which failed to ensure that the inlet could adequately dissipate the energy of, and therefore limit further damage from, an in-flight fan blade out event. Contributing to the severity of the engine fire was the failure of the “K” flange following the fan blade out, which allowed hot ignition gases to enter the nacelle and imparted damage to several components that fed flammable fluids to the nacelle, which allowed the fire to propagate past the undercowl area and into the thrust reversers, where it could not be extinguished.
Look up full reports by NTSB number in CAROL, the NTSB's public database.
Data: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database (file dated 2026-10-16) and NTSB aviation accident database; refreshed 2026-10-17 20:47 UTC. SafelyAboard shows public records only and does not rate or score aircraft, airlines or operators.