# Incident 19960307008629I: Boeing 737291, Wichita, KS, March 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1996, 12:38 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N992UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,197 total, 2,891 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960307008629I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UNITED AIRLINE FLIGHT 432 EN-ROUTE FROM WICHITA, KANSAS TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS RETURNED TO WICHITA DUE TO FLAP PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 1837Z. CREW REPORTS FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT PAST ONE UNIT. FLAPS INDICATOR REPLACED, OPERATED FLAPS SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD PER SFOLM KORENY.

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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