# Incident 20000622035789I: Boeing 737524, Rochester, NY, June 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2000, 09:57 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13665, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13665-2007-12-07) (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: 78
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000622035789I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON THURSDAY, JUNE, 22, 2000, CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 1763 DEPARTED YYZ FOR EWR AT 0957 EDT. AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, A BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD ON THE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT NEAR THE L2 DOOR.  ACCORDING TO NEWSPAPER REPORTS, THE PILOT DROPPED TO 9,000 FEET, OPENED AND CLOSED THE DOOR.  THE CALA ENROUTE DIVERSION NOTE SAYS: "DIVERTED TO ROCHESTER DUE TO A LOUD BANGING ON SIDE OF AIRCRAFT.  DETERMINED TO BE A STRAP HANGING OUT OF THE AFT DOOR.NO EMEREGENCY DECLARED".NO LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND A CAPTAIN'S IRREGULARITY REPORT WAS NOT FILED.AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OF INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THROUGH THE CONTINENTAL AIRLINES OFFICE OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE THAT THE CAPTAIN TERMINATED HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY AFTER DISCUSSION WITH FLIGHT OPS INVOLING THE ISSUES RAISED BY THIS EVENT.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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