# Incident 19971001032419I: Boeing 737*, Buffalo, NY, October 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1997, 21:30 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- 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: N59338, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59338-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3TO (registry code 138447G, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3to) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971001032419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1997,AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 EST, A CONTINENTAL B-737, FLIGHT 241, EXPERIENCED A NUMBER ONE GENERATOR FAILURE AND SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AT FL350. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED AND LANDED AT BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE R/R #1 GENERATOR AND BATTERY CHARGER AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EWR AT APPROXIMATELY 1958 EST. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED 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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