Boeing 737-900 incident near Calgary, Ca, October 30, 2005
On October 30, 2005 at about 6:00 am local time, a Boeing 737-900, registered N317AS, was involved in an incident near Calgary. It was flown under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). No one was hurt; 119 people were on board or involved.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 30, 2005 · about 6:00 am local time
- Place
- Calgary, Canada
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 119 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-900 · all 737-900s on the register
- Registration
- N317AS · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
- Operator: Alaska Airlines INC
The flight
- Departed from: YYC Calgary Alta
- Destination: LAX Los Angeles CA
- Flight plan: IFR
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 6 | |||
| Passengers | 113 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.