# Incident 20000409020099I: Boeing 737232, Ft Meyers, FL, April 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2000, 13:20 local time
- Place: Ft Meyers, FL
- Airport: Southwest Reg
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N321DL-2019-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-232 (registry code 1384475, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737232
- People aboard: 110
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000409020099I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 9, 2000, AT 1320 EST A BOEING B737-232, OPERATED BY DELTA AIRLINES, REPORTED AN ABRUPT 30 DEGREE ROLL WHILE ON APPROACH TO REGION SOUTHWEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FT MEYERS, FLORIDA. AT 140 FL, 330 KTS IN DESCEND AND AUTOPILOT ON, WHEN SPEEDBRAKE WAS ENGAGED AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.  WHEN SPEED BRAKE WAS RETRACTED AND AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED AIRCRAFT RESPONDED NORMALLY FOR LEVEL FLIGHT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N321DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19980508014169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980508014169I), May 8, 1998: Boeing 737200 (N321DL), Nashville, TN. Narrative: delta flight 2405, a B737, was enroute from mco to bna when the aircraft received a lightning strike. The aircraft continued to bna and landed…
- [Incident 19861222081099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861222081099I), Dec 22, 1986: Boeing 737232 (N321DL), Cincinnati, OH. Encountered turbulence en route with injury to flight attendant. Crew was not provided with SIGMET alert chart.

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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