# Incident 19970113004779I: Boeing 737500*, Amarillo, TX, January 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1997, 19:30 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N521SW-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-5H4 (registry code 138449D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-5h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737500*
- People aboard: 37
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,305 total, 4,217 in this make and model, 236 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970113004779I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RAMP PAVEMENT AND BECAME STUCK. DEPLANED PASSENGERS ON AIRSTRAIRS DOOR.

## Other reports on N521SW (1)

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

- [Incident 19911121056859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911121056859I), Nov 21, 1991: Boeing 7375H4 (N521SW), Los Angeles, CA. Encountered a bomb threat while taxiing for takeoff. Emergency evactuation. No bomb found.

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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