# Incident 19880826058929I: Boeing 737202C, Birmingham, AL, August 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1988, 14:45 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801AL-1996-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-202C (registry code 1384457, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-202c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737202C
- People aboard: 64
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,615 total, 1,942 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880826058929I

## Narrative

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

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

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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