# Incident 19971119041819I: Boeing 737*, Houston, TX, November 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1997, 16:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N323SW-2013-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (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: 141
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971119041819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES ON FINAL TO HOU RWY 4, CAPT. GOUGH, WHO WAS AT THE CONTROLS, STOWED THE HUD COMBINER AND LEANED TOWARD THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO ADJUST AN INSTRUMENT. THE COMBINER SWUNG DOWN AND STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD. CAPT. GOUGH INSTRUCTED F/O COTTER TO COMPLETE THE APPROACH AND LANDING WHICH WAS UNEVENTFUL. CAPT. GOUGH THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GATE. AFTER COMPLETING THE SHUTDOWN CHECK LIST CAPT. GOUGH INSTRUCTED F/O COTTER TO CALL SCHEDULING AND HAVE HIM REPLACED. HE REPORTED SOME WEAKNESS AND NAUSEA AND AGREED TO WAIT FOR PARAMEDICS BEFORE DEPLANING. HE WAS EXAMINED BY PARAMEDICS THEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND RELEASED LATER THAT DAY.

## Other reports on N323SW (3)

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

- [Incident 19960404011169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960404011169I), Apr 4, 1996: Boeing 7373H4 (N323SW), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: no. 1 eng. Outbd t/r sleeve inflight separation ISWO796009 4/4/96. Southwest airlines (swaa) N323SW 737-3H4 flt no. 845, elp-aus approx. 4' x 3'…
- [Incident 19901121059589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901121059589I), Nov 21, 1990: Boeing 7373H4 (N323SW), San Antonio, TX. No gear down safe light. Appeared down. Landed safely. No malfunction found.
- [Incident 19891101056089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891101056089I), Nov 1, 1989: Boeing 7373H4 (N323SW), St Louis, MO. Gear safe light inoperative. Cannon plug was loose at gear light module causing loss of power to green lights.

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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