# NTSB FTW98RA401: Boeing 737-524, N20643, Guadalajara, Mexico, September 17, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 16, 1998, 22:53 local (Sep 17, 1998, 03:53 UTC)
- Place: Guadalajara, Mexico
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 108 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 44011
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW98RA401
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/44011/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98RA401

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20643](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20643-1999-08-31), registration cancelled 1999-08-31, S/N 28904 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 737-524
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-524](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (registry code 1384721) (OpenAirDocs)
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Continental Airlines

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19980916046999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980916046999A), Sep 16, 1998: Boeing 737524, Guadalajara, Mexico, No damage. (.19) On September 16, 1998, at 2253 central daylight time, a Boeing 737-524 transport airplane, N20643, operating as Continental airlines flight 475, was…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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