# Incident 20010210002709I: Boeing 737301, Buffalo, NY, February 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2001, 20:09 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N585US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N585US-2006-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- People aboard: 44
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010210002709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2001 AT 2009 EST, A USAIRWAYS B-737, N585US, FLIGHT 638, LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AT THE BUFFALO NIAGRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER REPORTING A LEADING EDGE FLAP PROBLEM. THE REPORTED DISCREPANCY WAS "LE FLAP TRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ON WHEN FLAPS 10 SELECTED GET AMBER LE FLAP TRANSIT LIGHT. DID QRH PROCEDURES. GET ALL GREEN LIGHTS ON OVERHEAD PANEL. WENT BACK TO FLAP 5. LANDED BUF FLAPS 5. NO CB OUT." MAINTENANCE REMOVE D AND REPLACED THE FLAP INDICATOR P/N 0022701. IAW MAINTENANCE MANUAL 27-52 AND RESET THE FLAP LOAD LIMITER. THE GROUND CHECK WAS OKAY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N585US (2)

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

- [Incident 20020617019159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020617019159I), Jun 17, 2002: Boeing 737301 (N585US), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On Monday, June 17, 2002, after takeoff from runway 28 at Syracuse Hancock International Airport, the nose gear would not retract on N585US, a Boeing…
- [Incident 20010531015299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010531015299I), May 31, 2001: Boeing 737301 (N585US), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On may 31, 2001 a B-737-301, N585US operated by us airways airlines, on departure from Tampa International Airport, Florida, (tpa) report "a" hydraulic…

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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