# Incident 20150413005469I: Boeing 737-924ER, Houston, TX, April 13, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2015, 05:32 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston George Bush Interconti
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N37471, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37471) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-924ER (registry code 13848A3, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-924er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27E series (registry code 13078, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-924ER
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E
- People aboard: 173
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,678 total, 11,177 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150413005469I

## Narrative

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

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT #1545, A B-737-900, N37471, WAS A NORMALLY SCHEDULED OPERATION FROM LAS VEGAS, NV (KLAS) TO HOUSTON, TX (KIAH).  THE FLIGHT HAD 6 CREW, AND 167 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED LAS VEGAS ON 04/13/2015 AT 0045 LOCAL TIME (0745 Z). THE FLIGHT LANDED ON RUNWAY 8R AT IAH, AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED THE HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY ?NN? AT APPROXIMATELY 0532 LOCAL TIME (10:32 Z).  THERE WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE METAR CLOSEST TO THE INCIDENT TIME (APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES PRIOR) INDICATED THE FOLLOWING: 05008KT 7SM -RA FEW005 SCT020 SCT050 OVC130.  A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FELL AT KIAH FROM 37-18 MINUTES PRIOR TO ARRIVAL BEFORE DIMINISHING TO LIGHT RAIN. MAINTENANCE INSPECTORS RULED OUT MECHANICAL FAILURE AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR AND VERIFIED ALL AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHINESS RECORDS. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A "FIRM" LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT BEING LEFT OF THE RUNWAY 8R CENTERLINE. THE CENTERLINE WAS RE-ACQUIRED BEFORE TAKING HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY NN. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED POOR BRAKING ACTION, FAILED TO NEGOTIATE THE TURNOFF, AND SLID INTO THE ADJACENT GRASS EASEMENT. ANALYSIS OF THE ASDE-X GROUND RADAR INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING AT AN ESTIMATED 60 KNOTS GROUND SPEED WHEN THE NN TURNOFF WAS INITIATED.

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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