# NTSB Incident FTW97IA187
> **Boeing 737-524** · 1997-05-11 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW97IA187
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07902
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 1997-05-11
- **Location:** CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.799831, -97.390625
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 59
- **Total aboard:** 59
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Boeing
- **Model:** 737-524
- **Registration:** N16618
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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