# Incident 19960811043099I: Boeing 737232, El Paso, TX, August 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1996, 18:20 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N317DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N317DL-2007-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-232 (registry code 1384475, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737232
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,885 total, 704 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960811043099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 11, 1996 AT 1820 MST, IN EL PASO, TX DELTA FLIGHT 446, A BOEING 737-232, TAIL NUMBER N317DL, ABORTED TAKEOFF APPROACHING 100 KNOTS DUE TO A MASTER CAUTION WARNING LIGHT (MCWL). IN ADDITION TO THE MCWL COMING ON, CAUTIONS LIGHTS FOR THE EQUIPMENT COOLING FAN, THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER, THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTING SYSTEM, THE STALL WARNING HEAT, AND THE PASSENGER OXYGEN MASK SYSTEM ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE WHERE MAINTENANCE INSPECTED EACH OF THE ABOVE SYSTEMS BUT FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FILE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N317DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19870116003589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870116003589I), Jan 16, 1987: Boeing 737232 (N317DL), Memphis, TN. Engine shutdown after start. Valve open light illuminated in flight. Pressure switch replaced, after safe landing.

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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