# Incident 19961102038539I: Boeing 737300, Kansas City, MO, November 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1996, 22:02 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737Q-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2L9 (registry code 1384497, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2l9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737300
- People aboard: 72
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961102038539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIR TRAN FLIGHT MTE822 WAS DESCENDING INTO MCI, WHEN THE AIRCREW EXPERIENCED A SPLIT FLAP CONFIGURATION ON THE AIRCRAFT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS ON STAND-BY AND THE CREW LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. CE97ICM0013.

## Other reports on N737Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19990816024809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816024809I), Aug 16, 1999: Boeing 7372L9 (N737Q), Newark, NJ. Aircraft departed lga enroute to atl. Upon rotation the aft cargo door light illuminated. Aircraft diverted to ewr and landed without incident. No luggage was…

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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