# Incident 19971026042339I: Boeing 737500*, El Paso, TX, October 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1997, 10:45 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16642, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16642-2012-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-524 (registry code 1384721, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737500*
- Reported engine: GE CFM563B1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971026042339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: #1 ENGINE GEAR BOX FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE FLAME OUT. #1 ENGINE WAS REMOVED/REPLACED.

## Other reports on N16642 (2)

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

- [Incident 20010917027939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010917027939I), Sep 17, 2001: Boeing 737524 (N16642), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On September 17, 2001, at 1405 EDT, a Boeing B-737, N16642, flight 137, operated by Continental airlines, after experiencing problems with the horizontal…
- [Incident 19971102043799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971102043799I), Nov 2, 1997: Boeing 737524 (N16642), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: coa flight 1605 departed the ramp area controlled by Continental ramp tower, and then taxied without clearance into an area controlled by cle-atct…

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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