N904UA – BOEING B-737-500 – 1995-10-29 NTSB Accident Report

On October 29, 1995, a Boeing B-737-500 (N904UA) was involved in an incident near San Francisco, CA. All 3 people aboard were uninjured.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The inadvertant stall for undertermined reasons.

On October 29, 1995, at 1239 PST, a United Airlines Boeing 737-500, N904UA, experienced an upset during a maintenence test flight while on an ILS approach to San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The upset occurred when the flight crew was given a go-around by approach control and the captain selected the takeoff and go-around switch. The airplane pitched up to about 45 degrees nose up and the stick shaker activated. The pilots stated that they pushed the control column forward and both attempted to retrim the nose down but were not able to overcome the increase in pitch. The airplane stalled, rolled slightly, and the nose dropped. After the flightcrew recovered from the upset, the airplane made a normal landing at SFO.

This incident is documented in NTSB report DCA96IA005. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N904UA.