# Incident 19981219044479I: Boeing 737524, Colorado Spring, CO, December 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1998, 07:50 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17644, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17644-2011-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-524 (registry code 1384721, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737524
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981219044479I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 19, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 0750 MST, THE FLIGHT CREW OF CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 534 ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLID OUT OF CONTROL OFF OF RUNWAY 17L, AT COLORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (COS), COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE FLIGHT, ENGINE THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED TO 38% AND THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED NORMALLY TO APPROXIMATELY 30 KNOTS, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLID OUT OF CONTROL ON THE ICY RUNWAY. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT SHE IMMEDIATELY REDUCED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, SOME 300 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE E ND.THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SLID OFF OF THE PAVEMENT, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. THE 5 CREW MEMBERS AND 107 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. ICING CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N17644 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020115000479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020115000479I), Jan 15, 2002: Boeing 737524 (N17644), Newark, NJ. (-23) On Tuesday January 15, 2002 at 1610E a Continental airlines inc, B737-524, N17644 flight 860 landed on runway 22 in ewr after reporting a nbr 2 engine in…

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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