# Incident 20050701012579I: Boeing 737824, Houston, TX, July 1, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2005, 14:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16234, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16234) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-824 (registry code 13844BZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737824
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM567B26US
- People aboard: 161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 10,600 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050701012579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CAPT REPORTED A LOUD "THUMP" FROM #2 ENGINE AFTER TAKE-OFF, AND SEVERAL MORE THUMPS AT 10,000 FT. ALL ENG INDICATIONS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAH FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 26R. THE CREW INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION USING THE EXITS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT ONLY: FWD AND AFT PAX DOORS AND OVERWING EXITS. THE RIGHT EXITS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT USED DUE TO REPORTED FIRE ON RIGHT ENGINE. THE AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE WAS ON-SCENE DURING THE EVACUATION. THE REASON FOR THE EVACUATION WAS DUE TO OBSERVATION OF SMOKE AND FIRE FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CABIN CREW. HOWEVER, POST FLIGHT INSPECTION INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO EXTERNAL FIRE DAMAGE, AND THAT THE FIRE WAS INTERNALLY CONTAINED ON THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT ONE PASSENGER WITH CHEST PAINS WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL.

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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