# Incident 20020115000479I: Boeing 737524, Newark, NJ, January 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2002, 16:10 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- 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: N17644, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17644-2011-03-21) (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
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 87
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020115000479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TUESDAY JANUARY 15, 2002 AT 1610E A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC, B737-524, N17644 FLIGHT 860 LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 IN EWR AFTER REPORTING A NBR 2 ENGINE IN FLIGHT SHUT DOWN. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT CREW RECORDED IN THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK THAT THE NBR 2 ENG STAYED AT 90% POWER AND WOULD NOT INCREASE OR DECREASE WITH THROTTLE LEVER MOVEMENT. THEY ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE POWER AND WOULD NOT INCREASE OR DECREASE WITH THROTTLE LEVER MOVEMENT. THEY ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE BEFORE LANDING. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THE NBR 2 ENGINE THROTTLE CABLE HAD SNAPPED IN THE SECOND QUADRANT. THE SECOND QUADRANT IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT AND THE ENGINE PYLON. IT ROUTES THE CABLES ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE BROKEN CABLE WAS FORWARDED TO CALA ENGINEERING.

## Other reports on N17644 (1)

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

- [Incident 19981219044479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981219044479I), Dec 19, 1998: Boeing 737524 (N17644), Colorado Spring, CO. On December 19, 1998, at approximately 0750 MST, the flight crew of Continental airlines flight 534 aborted takeoff when the aircraft slid out of control off…

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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