# Incident 19970302008919I: Doug DC982, San Antonio, TX, March 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1997, 19:16 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N492AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N492AA-2019-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 128
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,389 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970302008919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FIGHT 523, A MD-83 BOUND FROM DFW TO SAT WITH 122 PASSENGERS AND A CREW OF 6 BEGAN AN UNEVENTFUL APPROACH TO SAT. WHEN THE PILOT LOWERED THE FLAPS TO 11 DEGREES, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD ROLL TO THE LEFT. THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED AND LOWERED TO 11 DEGREES. AGAIN, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD ROLL TO THE LEFT, FLAPS WERE RETRACTED, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND A NO FLAP APPROACH AND LANDING WAS INITIATED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH NO INJURIES, NO A/C DAMAGE, NOR FIRE. MAINTENANCE FOUND BROKEN FLAP CABLE. 03/03/97 AIRCRAFT SCHEDULED FOR FLIGHT 03/04/97. INCIDENT CLOSED. ETIC IS 1800 LCL.

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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