# Incident 19970716042899I: Emb EMB120ER, Sulphur, LA, July 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1997, 22:24 local time
- Place: Sulphur, LA
- Airport: Southland Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 30.1314° N, 93.3762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHLAND FLD (UXL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1314&lon=-93.3762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27707 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 600 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970716042899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 16, 1997, CONTINENTAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 3818, AN EMB-120-ER, N27707 DEPARTED HOUSTON GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH INTENDED LANDING AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT. FLIGHT 3818 MISTAKENLY LANDED AT THE SOUTHLAND AIRPORT (L75).

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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