# Incident 20051015032639I: Boeing 737824, Newark, NJ, October 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2005, 11:35 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N35271, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35271) (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
- People aboard: 92
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,200 total, 2,630 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051015032639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CAPT. BECAME INCAPACITATED DUE TO SEVERE BACK PAIN. THE CAPT. HAD RECENTLY RETURNED TO LINE FLYING AFTER BACK SURGERY. THE FLIGHT RETURNED AND LANDED AT EWR WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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