# Incident 19780201005159I: Boeing 737/, Houston, TX, February 1, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1978, 12:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24SW-1997-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2H4 (registry code 138448C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737/
- People aboard: 37
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780201005159I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AFTER FAILURE OF THE MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. FOUND A HYDRAULIC LINE CRACKED.

## Other reports on N24SW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800303028239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800303028239I), Mar 3, 1980: Boeing 7372H4 (N24SW), Dallas, TX. During descent in turbulance, the yaw damper malfunctioned, was disconnected, and descent with auto pilot continued
- [Incident 19800210028789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800210028789I), Feb 10, 1980: Boeing 7372H4 (N24SW), New Orleans, LA. On climbout, engine oil filter bypass light came on. Emergency declared and flight returned to msy.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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