# Incident 19970609016489I: Boeing 737232, Buffalo, NY, June 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1997, 20:38 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N330DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N330DL-2007-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-232 (registry code 1384475, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737232
- People aboard: 59
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970609016489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1997, AT 2038 EST, A BOEING 737, N330DL, REGISTERED TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE AND OPERATED BY DELTA AIRLINES, A CITIZEN REPORTED THAT A LAVORATORY LEAK WAS PRESENT ON DEPARTURE FROM BUFFALO, NEW YORK. DELTA AIRLINES MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT LAVS FOR LEAKS AND NONE WERE NOTED. THE LAV PANELS AND DUMP VALVES ARE OKAY AS OF JUNE 6, 1997, LOG INPUT 1331E. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE BUFFALO AIRPORT, BUFFALO, NEW YORK ON JUNE 5, 1997 AT 8:33 EDT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N330DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19861217079539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861217079539I), Dec 17, 1986: Boeing 737232 (N330DL), Memphis, TN. Engine start valve light came on en route. Diverted and found warning system to be faulty.

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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