19990816024809I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-2L9 · Newark, NJ · August 16, 1999

Date
August 16, 1999 · 13:00 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ZZDA
Aircraft
N737Q
Reported as
Boeing 7372L9
Pilot’s flight hours
8,820 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed lga enroute to atl. Upon rotation the aft cargo door light illuminated. Aircraft diverted to ewr and landed without incident. No luggage was lost. Door was inspected and found that the aft cargo door could be closed but not properly locked and the cockpit light aft cargo door light was not illuminated.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LGA ENROUTE TO ATL. UPON ROTATION THE AFT CARGO DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO EWR AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO LUGGAGE WAS LOST. DOOR WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND THAT THE AFT CARGO DOOR COULD BE CLOSED BUT NOT PROPERLY LOCKED AND THE COCKPIT LIGHT AFT CARGO DOOR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED.

Other reports on N737Q · 1

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