# Incident 19970309008979I: Boeing 737522, Albuquerque, NM, March 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1997, 09:34 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- 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: N955UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N955UA-2005-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-522 (registry code 138449F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737522
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970309008979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: RECEIVED AN AIR CARRIER INCIDENT REPORT FROM THE ABQ ARTCC ON MARCH 9, 1997. THE REPORT IDENTIFIED UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 396, B-737-500, N955UA, AT ABQ, NM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A STUCK THRUST REVERSER. CONTACTED MR. DAN LESSARD, FLIGHT SAFETY, UNITED AIRLINES, TELEPHONE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE PILOT ABORTED HIS TAKE-OFF AT ABQ INT'L AIRPORT DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL DUE TO A THRUST REVERSER INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATING. THE AIRCRAFT NOTIFIED THE TOWER AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FOR UNITED AIRLINES WAS CALLED, AIRCRAFT SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (ASI) TO TROUBLESHOOT THE DISCREPANCY. INVESTIGATION OF THE DISCREPANCY REVEALED THAT THE BATTERY CHARGE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED, PREVENTING THE BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM FROM CHARGING THE BATTERY. THE THRUST REVERSER LIGHT INDICATING SYSTEM RUNS OFF THE BATTERY SYSTEM. SINCE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED AND THE BATTERY WAS NOT BEING CHARGED, THE FIRST INDICATION WAS AN ILLUMINATION OF THE THRUST REVERSER INDICATING LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOOKED UP TO GROUND POWER AND THE BATTERY THERMAL COUPLE RELAY WAS RESET. THE BATTERY BEGAN CHARGING, THE THRUST REVERSER INDICATOR LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND ALL SYSTEMS WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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