# Incident 20051212031589I: Boeing 737824, Houston, TX, December 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2005, 17:53 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N27213, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27213) (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: 96
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,222 total, 2,922 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051212031589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 12, 2005, A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES (CALA) B737-824 AIRCRAFT, N27213, FLIGHT 1425, REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AFTER LANDING AT GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT (IAH). AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMED ON THE TAXIWAY. THREE MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE L1 DOOR SLIDE DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY AND WAS UNUSABLE. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SMOKE (MIST/FUMES) IN THE COCKPIT DETERMINED THAT THE HYDRAULIZ RESERVOIR WAS OVER SERVICED ALLOWING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO GET PAST THE CHECK VALVE IN THE RESTRICTOR CROSS ASSEMBLY P/N 9R3886 AND ENTER THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. THE CHECK VALVE AT THE TIME WAS HELD OPEN BY CONTAMINATION ALLOWING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO BACKFLOW UP THE AIR LINES AND ENTER THE AIR CONDITIONING BLEED AIR DUCTS. ON DECEMBER 13, 2005, CALA ENGINEERING COORDINATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE DEPLOYMENT TEST FROM ACFT. N27213, L1 DOOR POSITION WITH INSPECTORS FROM THE CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT OFFICE (COA/CMO). THE DEPLOYMENT TEST WAS FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. CALA ENGINEERING DETERMINED THAT THE IMPROPER DEPLOYMENT OF THE SLIDE MIGHT HAVE RESULTED FROM THE INCORRECT INSTALLATION OF THE SLIDE-TO-CONTAINER WIND LANYARDS DURING THE SLIDE OVERHAUL PROCESS AT THE B.F. GOODRICH OVERHAUL FACILITY, LOCATED AT PHOENIZ, ARIZONA. ON JANUARY 5, 2006, ADDITIONAL TESTING WAS CONDUCTED AT THE GOODRICH OVERHAUL FACILITY WITH CALA ENGINEERING AND INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT INCORRECT INSTALLATION PROCEDURES OF THE WIND LANYARDS CAUSED THE IMPROPER DEPLOYMENT OF THE SLIDE. CALA ENGINEERING ISSUED A FLEET CAMPAIGN DIRECTIVE (FCD) 2561-01161 TO DETERMINE HOW MANY SLIDES MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED ON THEIR FLEET AND TO ENSURE THE PROPER ROUTING AND CONNECTION OF THE WIND LANYARDS ON ALL EVACUATION SLIDES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N27213 (2)

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

- [Incident 20260323003269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260323003269I), Mar 23, 2026: Boeing 737-824 (N27213), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Aircraft departed Denver International Airport on March 23, 2026, for 14 CFR part 91 maintenance test flight. Only the flight crew, two pilots, were on board.…
- [Accident 20260306010659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260306010659A), Mar 6, 2026: Boeing 737-824 (N27213), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. On March 6, 2026, about 1024 mountain standard time (MST), united airlines (ual) flight 605, a Boeing 737-824, [privacy data omitted], collided with two…

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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