# Incident 19981030043429I: Boeing 737200, El Paso, TX, October 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1998, 20:58 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- 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: N671SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N671SW-2013-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3G7 (registry code 138447J, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3g7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981030043429I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT REPORTED HITTING SOMETHING ON LANDING ELP FLT 643. DURING WALK AROUND RAMP PERSONNEL POINTED OUT HOLE IN TE FLAP BEHIND #4 MAIN TIRE.  CONTACTED MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND FERRIED TO MAINTENANCE BASE FOR REPAIR.

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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