Incident · 1997-05-11

NTSB case FTW97IA187 · Boeing 737-524 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-05-11
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Boeing 737-524 (N16618)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

The flightcrew's inadequate in-flight planning and decision, and their failure to refer to the navaids needed for the instrument approach procedure. A factor was the lack of a minimum safe altitude warning from approach control.

Source: NTSB case FTW97IA187

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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