# Incident 19970416012759I: Boeing 737300, Colorado Spring, CO, April 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1997, 21:00 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: W8PA
- Location: 38.7493° N, 104.8791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7493&lon=-104.8791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962WP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737300
- People aboard: 125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,019 total, 2,793 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97IA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970416012759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: APRIL 16, 1997, AT 2100 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH TO COS ON FLIGHT 169 FROM HOUSTON EXPERIENCED AN AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) FIRE. CREW PERFORMED THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES AND FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND NO INJURY TO A CREW OF 5 AND 120 PASSENGERS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FIRE HAD BEEN CONTAINED IN THE APU COMPARTMENT WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE APU IS SCHEDULED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97IA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA160), Apr 17, 1997: Boeing 737-300 (N962WP), Colorado Spgs, CO, incident, no damage. Probable cause: An oil leak around the APU aft bearing seal which resulted in a fire in the APU exhaust.

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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