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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-202C · Birmingham, AL · August 26, 1988

Date
August 26, 1988 · 14:45 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N801AL
Reported as
Boeing 737202C
People aboard
64
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,615 total1,942 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Inboard flaps only came down 50%. Emergency landing without incident. Maintenance unable to duplicate condition.

As the FAA filed it

INBOARD FLAPS ONLY CAME DOWN 50%. EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CONDITION.