# Incident 19980925038689I: Boeing 737201, El Paso, TX, September 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1998, 16:25 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- 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: N217US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N217US-2000-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-201 (registry code 1384454, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980925038689I

## Narrative

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

(-5) 2 - 1/2 INCH HYDRAULIC CHAFFED THRU CAUSING LOSS OF -A- SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID. LOCATION WAS RIGHT HAND AFT WING SPAR INBOARD OF #2 ENGINE PYLON. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY, AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND TOWED OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N217US (2)

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

- [Accident 19970504008399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970504008399A), May 4, 1997: Boeing 737201 (N217US), Denver, CO. Aircraft parked on ramp, flight attendant fell from forward entrance door onto ramp. (.4)the parked airplane was ready for pushback when the 'b' flight…
- [Incident 19890309003999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890309003999I), Mar 9, 1989: Boeing 737201 (N217US), Dayton, OH. Lost control of pressurization system. Emergency descent. Found a faulty outflow valve.

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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