# Incident 19980607026489I: Boeing 757232, Albuquerque, NM, June 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1998, 20:49 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N630DL-2017-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980607026489I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 7, 1998, AT 2009 MDT, A DELTA FLIGHT 491, A BOEING 757, DIVERTED TO ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON A FLIGHT FROM KENNEDY AIRPORT, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA. THE FIRST OFFICER BECAME ILL AND A DOCTOR ON BOARD RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE NEAREST HOSPITOAL. DELTA OPERATION IN ALBUQUERQUE NOTIFIED THE REGIOANL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER THAT THE FLIGHT HAD LANDED AT 2049 MDT AND THAT PARAMEDICS MET THE PLANE. MR. JIM STRUHSAKER OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTIONS SAFETY BUREAU WAS NOTIFIED.

## Other reports on N630DL (3)

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

- [Incident 19921013044759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921013044759I), Oct 13, 1992: Boeing 757232 (N630DL), Covington - Cin, OH. Pilot had flap lock-out after takeoff. Returned. Landed safely. Found a faulty left wing inboard flap-loss switch.
- [Incident 19891016060369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891016060369I), Oct 16, 1989: Boeing 757232 (N630DL), Portland, OR. Unable to lower flaps. Did a go around and used alternate method. Landed without incident. Unable to dupicate.
- [Incident 19890628039019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890628039019I), Jun 28, 1989: Boeing 757232 (N630DL), Portland, ME. Failure of left engine. Returned. Engine was replaced. Cause not stated.

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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