# Incident 19970820034649I: Houston, TX, August 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1997, 09:55 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970820034649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1455 UTC (0955 CDT) ON AUGUST 20, 1997, AMERICAN EAGLE, FLIGHT 518 WAS CLIMBING AND HOUSTON CENTER VECTORED MILITARY JETS TOWARD A MOA. WHEN THE PROXIMITY OF A MILITARY JET RESULTED IN AN RA, THE EAGLE CREW RESPONDED PROPERLY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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