# Incident 19990816024809I: Boeing 7372L9, Newark, NJ, August 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737Q-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2L9 (registry code 1384497, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2l9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372L9
- Pilot flight hours: 8,820 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816024809I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19961102038539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961102038539I), Nov 2, 1996: Boeing 737300 (N737Q), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: air tran flight MTE822 was descending into mci, when the aircrew experienced a split flap configuration on the aircraft. Emergency equipment was on…

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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