# Incident 19930908036619I: Boeing 7373H4, St Louis, MO, September 8, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1993, 17:08 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 38.7487° N, 90.3700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7487&lon=-90.3700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350SW-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 144
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI93IA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93IA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930908036619I

## Narrative

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

MADE GO AROUND DUE TO TRAFFIC. LEFT TRAILING EDGE FLAPS FAILED. PARTS OF FLAPS HANGING LOOSE. LANDED SAFELY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI93IA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93IA354), Sep 8, 1993: Boeing 737-300 (N350SW), St. Louis, MO, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: a failure of the left outboard foreflap due to the loss of the bolts that hold the inboard sequencing carriage to the foreflap attach lug.

## Other reports on N350SW (2)

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

- [Incident 19961031039939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961031039939I), Oct 31, 1996: Boeing 7373H4 (N350SW), Salt Lake City, UT. Narrative: on October 31, 1996, aircraft 350SW, southwest flight #411, from phoenix, AZ enroute to Salt Lake City, UT declared an emergency at FL350 due to a…
- [Incident 19900913049159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900913049159I), Sep 13, 1990: Boeing 7373H4 (N350SW), Burbank, CA. Aft cargo door warning on climb. Returned. Sensor assembly was repositioned to proper place.

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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