United B753 at Houston on Aug 13th 2023, gear trouble, right main gear up on final approach

Last Update: August 14, 2023 / 13:30:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 13, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-437

Departure
Houston Intercontinental, United States

Destination
Denver, United States

Aircraft Registration
N77865

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

A United Boeing 757-300, registration N77865 performing flight UA-437 from Houston Intercontinental,TX to Denver,CO (USA), was climbing out of Houston's runway 15R when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet due to a problem with the landing gear. The aircraft entered a hold for about 30 minutes while troubleshooting the problem, then performed an approach to runway 27, tower cleared them to land and subsequently offered a low approach to the aircraft. While the aircraft overflew the runway tower advised that the right main gear was in the up position. The aircraft entered another hold at 3000 feet, the crew managed to lower the right main gear, too, and the aircraft landed safely on runway 27 about 55 minutes after departure.

The airport reported the aircraft's landing gear was stuck and would not come down, which could have resulted in a crash landing. Moments before they would have needed to land the gear came down.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Houston to address a mechanical issue.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 13, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-437

Departure
Houston Intercontinental, United States

Destination
Denver, United States

Aircraft Registration
N77865

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

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