# Incident 19890214009409I: Boeing 737201, Houston, TX, February 14, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1989, 09:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- 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: N237US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N237US-2000-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-201 (registry code 1384454, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- People aboard: 41
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890214009409I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT SEAGULLS AT ROTATION. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. NO DAMAGE FOUND. BIRD HIT ENGINE AND TOP OF RADOME.

## Other reports on N237US (3)

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

- [Incident 19970413008589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970413008589I), Apr 13, 1997: Boeing 737201 (N237US), Syracuse, NY. Narrative: on April 13, 1997 at 0950 EST local time, a Boeing 737-200, N237US, s/n 22353, registered to us airways, inc., landed on runway 28 in Syracuse, NY…
- [Incident 19961118041829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961118041829I), Nov 18, 1996: Boeing 737201 (N237US), Myrtle Beach, SC. Maintenance check flight. Altimeter froze at FL120. Then operated on desent. Static lines off. Failed prior check.
- [Incident 19921011046099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921011046099I), Oct 11, 1992: Boeing 737201 (N237US), Atlanta, GA. Oil filter light on. Shut engine down. Diverted to Atlanta. Changed NR1 engine oil system.

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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