# Incident 19820205002139I: Boeing 7372H4, Houston, TX, February 5, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1982, 17:23 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56SW-2000-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2H4 (registry code 138448C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372H4
- People aboard: 121
- 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/19820205002139I

## Narrative

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

ZG DECLARED EMERGENCY WHEN ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CHECKED AND CLEANED THE OVERHEAT CONNECTOR.

## Other reports on N56SW (1)

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

- [Incident 19800602051519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800602051519I), Jun 2, 1980: Boeing 7372H4 (N56SW), Houston, TX. During climb cabin altitude warning horn sounded. Masks deployed. Made emergency descent and landed.

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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