# Incident 20090717014579I: Boeing 7377H4, Omaha, NE, July 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2009, 17:34 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N783SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N783SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7377H4
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090717014579I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  N783SW, B737-7H4 BEING OPERATED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 209 PERFORMED A GO AROUND AFTER APPROACH TO OMAHA EPPLEY AIRFIELD, DUE TO A FLAP ISSUE.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.  THE CREW REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH THE FLAPS STUCK AT TWO DEGREES, AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP OR DOWN.  AFTER CYCLING WITH THE FLAP HANDLE.  THE CREW USED THE ALTERNATE METHOD OF FLAP EXTENSION AND LANDED WITH FIFTEEN DEGREES OF FLAPS.  SOUTHWEST AIRLINE MECHANICS REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER AND THE NUMBER FIVE FLAP SCREW SENSOR.

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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