Boeing 767-300 accident near Asuncion, Pa, June 4, 1997
On June 4, 1997 at about 1:05 am local time, a Boeing 767-300, registered N651UA, was involved in an accident near Asuncion. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). 1 person was seriously injured; 122 others were unhurt. The weather was conditions the NTSB did not record.
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 4, 1997 · about 1:05 am local time
- Place
- Asuncion, Pa
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was seriously injured; 122 others were unhurt.
- Weather
- conditions the NTSB did not record
- Aircraft
- Boeing 767-300 · all 767-300s on the register
- Registration
- N651UA · registry record
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Landing gear: fixed
- Operator: United Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: UNK Buenos Aires OF
- Destination: JFK New York NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: not reported
- Wind: from 315° at 35 knots
- Sky: overcast at 8,000 ft; scat at 2,000 ft
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Observation at 5:30 pm from ASU
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | 11 | ||
| Passengers | 111 |
Other NTSB records under N651UA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ATL97WA079.