# Incident 19970322012739I: Boeing 737300, Indianapolis, IN, March 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1997, 09:19 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: W8PA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N948WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N948WP-2005-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 5,945 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970322012739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CREW DIVERTED INTO INDIANAPOLIS FROM PLANNED FLIGHT NEWARD TO COLORADO SPRINGS FOR UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FROM USAIR DID INSPECTION AND CONFERRED WITH W8PA MAINTENANCE CONTROL, WHO DIRECTED A FERRY FLIGHT TO COLORADO SPRINGS FOR REPAIRS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT BECAUSE THE RIGHT IN-BOARD FAIRING WEDGED IN THE GEAR DOOR.

## Other reports on N948WP (1)

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

- [Incident 20020930025319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020930025319I), Sep 30, 2002: Boeing 737301 (N948WP), Texico, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On 09/30/2002, 17:25 CDT delta flight 1628, a Boeing B737 was enroute from dfw to ontario, CA. Flight was over Texico, new Mexico at time of incident.…

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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