N781UA
Boeing 777-222 · built 1996
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at IAH
Most frequent routes
- BOS → EWR20%
- IAH → HNL12%
- IAH → SFO12%
- HNL → IAH10%
- LAX → HNL10%
- SAN → SFO8%
- SAN → EWR7%
- BDL → ORD4%
- SFO → HNL4%
- BOS → IAD3%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from October 1996 to July 2026 — 9,411 flights. Last reported flight: July 30, 2026, United Airlines, ORD → SFO.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | October 1996 | July 2026 | 9,411 |
Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).
US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)
Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2006 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2006 | 2025 |
Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).
Safety history
- June 12, 1999Accident
the pilot-in-command's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions. Factors associated with the accident were the turbulence encountered and the seat belt sign was not illuminated. Full accident record
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records2 on file
Worst recorded outcome: no damage.
- August 16, 2016Incident
N781UA, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft operated by United Airlines, was conducting flight UAL999 from Newark/Liberty Intl, NJ (KEWR) to Brussels, Belgium (EBBR). When in cruise flight at FL380 and approximately 580 nautical miles East of Gander Intl, NL (CYQX), a flight attendant reported fumes to the flight crew. It was…
- September 19, 2008Incident
A08A0121: The United Airlines Boeing 777, N781UA, operating as flight UAL914 declared an emergency due to a low oil quantity warning on the number 1 engine (PW4000 SER). The engine was shut down and the aircraft was diverted to Gander, NL where an uneventful landing was carried out. No assistance was required. Company…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).