United B752 at Newark on Jul 8th 2016, rejected takeoff due to generator failure

Last Update: July 13, 2016 / 21:45:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-1979

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N598UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

A United Boeing 757-200, registration N598UA performing flight UA-1979 from Newark,NJ to San Francisco,CA (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from Newark's runway 22R when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed reporting a generator failure (engine PW2037). The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration N596UA reached San Francisco with a delay of 10.5 hours.

A passenger reported the aircraft was accelerating at quite some speed already when a sound like the wheels skidding on water occurred, the takeoff was rejected shortly afterwards. The crew announced there had been a problem with one of the engines, the aircraft returned to the gate, the captain asked the passengers to leave the aircraft so that engineers could look at the engine. Eventually a replacement aircraft was prepared, the passengers boarded the replacement aircraft about 7 hours past scheduled departure time, the aircraft was taxiing to the runway when the crew determined they had run out of crew duty time, the aircraft returned to the gate again. The passengers disembarked again waiting for a new crew to arrive and eventually departed about 11 hours past schedule.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-1979

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N598UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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