# Incident 20001022038289I: Boeing 737322, Buffalo, NY, October 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2000, 00:12 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N354UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N354UA-2006-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001022038289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2000, A BOEING 737, N354UA, FLIGHT 790, OPERATED BY UNITED AIRLINES, INC. DURING APPROACH TO BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, REPORTED THAT THE #3 LEADING EDGE SLAT FAILED TO EXTEND AND THE CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. A LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE. THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE SYSTEM AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. 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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