United B739 at Boston on Nov 1st 2023, tail scrape on departure

Last Update: November 2, 2023 / 15:54:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 1, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-2396

Departure
Boston, United States

Destination
Newark, United States

Aircraft Registration
N37468

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, Boston

Airport ICAO Code
KBOS

A United Boeing 737-900, registration N37468 performing flight UA-2396 from Boston,MA to Newark,NJ (USA) with 104 people on board, needed to change to Boston's runway 09 after runway 04R became blocked by a disabled aircraft. The aircraft departed runway 09, during climbout the crew advised they had a possible tail strike on departure and needed to return to Boston. The aircraft stopped the climb at 5000 feet and returned to Boston for a safe landing on runway 04L about 25 minutes after departure.

The FAA reported the aircraft scraped its tail on the runway, the occurrence is being investigated by the FAA.



Metars:
KBOS 020154Z 30011KT 10SM CLR 04/M01 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP215 T00391011=
KBOS 020054Z 30008KT 10SM FEW140 05/M01 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP205 T00501011=
KBOS 012354Z 30008KT 10SM FEW065 FEW140 06/M01 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T00561011 10072 20056 53024=
KBOS 012254Z 31007KT 10SM SCT055 BKN140 07/M02 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187 T00671017=
KBOS 012154Z 32008KT 10SM FEW028 SCT065 BKN140 07/M04 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T00671039=
KBOS 012054Z 01005KT 10SM FEW032 BKN065 OVC140 07/M01 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T00671011 53019=
KBOS 011954Z 36011KT 10SM FEW031 BKN060 OVC150 07/M02 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T00721017=
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N37468
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B739
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Aircraft Address / Mode S Code (HEX)
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 1, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-2396

Departure
Boston, United States

Destination
Newark, United States

Aircraft Registration
N37468

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, Boston

Airport ICAO Code
KBOS

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