# Accident 19980916046999A: Boeing 737524, Guadalajara, Mexico, September 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1998, 22:53 local time
- Place: Guadalajara, Mexico
- Airport: Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Aircraft: N20643, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20643-1999-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-524 (registry code 1384721, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737524
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98RA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98RA401) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980916046999A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1998, AT 2253 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING 737-524 TRANSPORT AIRPLANE, N20643, OPERATING AS CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 475, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT THE DON MIGUEL HIDALGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR GUADALAJARA, MEXICO. THE 2 AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOTS, THE 4 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND THE 102 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY CONTINENTAL AIRLINES OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 121.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER-CARGO FLIGHT FOR WHICH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE FLIGHT WAS DISPATCHED FROM THE GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR HOUSTON, TEXAS, AT 2056, FOR THE TWO HOUR FLIGHT TO GUADALAJARA, STATE OF JALISCO, MEXICO.  THE FLIGHT'S SCHEDULED ARRIVAL TIME WAS 2254.                          (-23) SEE NARRATIVE #FTW98RA401

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98RA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98RA401), Sep 17, 1998: Boeing 737-524 (N20643), Guadalajara, Mexico

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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