American B738 at Los Angeles on Aug 17th 2025, hydraulic problems, flaps did not retract

Last Update: August 17, 2025 / 19:58:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 17, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-1292

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Nashville, United States

Aircraft Registration
N950AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N950AN performing flight AA-1292 from Los Angeles,CA to Nashville,TN (USA) with 172 people on board, was climbing out of Los Angeles' runway 25R when the crew requested to level off at 16000 feet to run some checklists advising ATC they needed to maintain 230 KIAS. The aircraft entered a hold advising ATC they had hydraulic problems, the flaps had not retracted. After the hold the crew requested a long final to runway 25R and emergency services on standby, they might have a hot brake situation, the crew declared emergency. The aircraft landed on runway 25R at a higher than normal speed (about 182 knots over ground) about 80 minutes after departure, vacated the runway and stopped for a brief check by emergency services before taxiing to the apron.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Date of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 17, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-1292

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Nashville, United States

Aircraft Registration
N950AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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