Southwest B737 at Houston on Oct 14th 2018, flaps failure

Last Update: October 18, 2018 / 20:59:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-5421

Aircraft Registration
N7717D

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N7717D performing flight WN-5421 from Omaha,NE to Houston Hobby,TX (USA), was on approach to Houston's runway 13R cleared to descend to 2000 feet and for a visual approach, when the crew reported a flaps failure and aborted the approach stopping the descent at 3000 feet. The aircraft entered a hold at 3000 feet while the crew was working the checklists, however without being able to resolve the flaps issue. The aircraft subsequently positioned for another high speed approach to runway 13R and landed safely (touchdown at about 187 knots over ground) about 45 minutes after the aborted approach. The aircraft slowed safely, vacated the runway and stopped, the crew requested emergency service to have a look at the hot brakes.

A replacement Boeing 737-700 registration N213WN continued the next sector to Albuquerque.

The occurrencè aircraft returned to service 24 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-5421

Aircraft Registration
N7717D

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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