# Incident 19961024043019I: Boeing 7373T0, Albuquerque, NM, October 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1996, 13:27 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13331 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373T0
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961024043019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 24, 1996, AT 1227 MDT CONTINENTAL AIRLINES (CALA) FLIGHT 1667, ON A FLIGHT FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO SPLIT FLAPS IN THE LOCKED POSITION. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 1450 MDT FOLLOWING A 1 HOUR 23 MINUTE HOLD FOR PURPOSES OF BURNING OFF FUEL TO MINIMUM REQUIRED FUEL. THE POST LANDING INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE REVEALED A SPLIT FLAP CONDITION DID NOT EXIST. INSTEAD MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE FLAP INDICATOR HAD FAILED. A NEW FLAP INDICATOR WAS INSTALLED PER APPROVED MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ABQ INCIDENT FILE NUMBER ABQ97004. FILE CLOSED.

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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