NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC86LA144
Registry · N23983
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 787-9
Year of manufacture
2020
Engine
GE GENX-1B74/75/
Seats / Engines
422 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20200924
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A22D7B
Registrant of record
UNITED AIRLINES INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
PILOT STATED THAT ON TAKEOFF ROLL IT SEEMED LONGER THAN USUAL AND ABOUT 1500 TO 1600 FEET OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROTATE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD CLIMBED ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET BEFORE COMING TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND OVER WATER. AT ABOUT 30 FEET ALTITUDE, THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED CLIMBING. A 20 DEGREE COURSE CHANGE WAS MADE TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A SAILBOAT WHICH WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT ON THE FLIGHT. AT THE TIME OF THE COURSE CHANGE THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AND COLLIDED WITH THE WATER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1986_NYC86LA144.txt.
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