# Incident 19980930038939I: Boeing 737*, El Paso, TX, September 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1998, 14:57 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- 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: N102SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102SW-2006-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2H4 (registry code 138448C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980930038939I

## Narrative

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

(-5)SWAA F576/30 SEPT ABORTED T/O AT ELP DUE TO A FLAP WARNING.  MAINTENANCE R/R THE LE FLAP DOWN P ROX.  SWITCH, OPS CK WAS NORMAL.  FLT DEPARTED.

## Other reports on N102SW (2)

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

- [Incident 19990804026519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990804026519I), Aug 4, 1999: Boeing 7372H4 (N102SW), Indianapolis, IN. (-23) On 8/4/99 at 1647 local time southwest flight 854 enroute from midway to st louis had a number 2 engine. Discharged one fire bottle and the light…
- [Incident 19861023066889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861023066889I), Oct 23, 1986: Boeing 7372H4 (N102SW), Mc Alester, OK. Flight attendant was knocked off his feet when aircraft encountered turbulence. Struck his head.

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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