Boeing 777 accident near Shanghai, Ch, April 19, 2006
On April 19, 2006 at about 6:55 am local time, a Boeing 777, registered N216UA, was involved in an accident near Shanghai. It was flown under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). 1 person was seriously injured and 4 people had minor injuries; 232 others were unhurt.
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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
- April 19, 2006 · about 6:55 am local time
- Place
- Shanghai, Ch
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was seriously injured and 4 people had minor injuries; 232 others were unhurt.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 777 · all 777s on the register
- Registration
- N216UA · registry record
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
- Operator: United Air Lines INC
The flight
- Departed from: KORD Chicago IL
- Destination: Shanghai
- Flight plan: IFR
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | 4 | ||
| Passengers | 1 | 2 | 228 |
Other NTSB records under N216UA 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 DCA06WA035.