# Incident 19810217008369I: Boeing 737291, Rapid City, SD, February 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1981, 07:08 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Ellsworth Afb
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FALA
- Location: 44.1451° N, 103.1036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLSWORTH AFB (RCA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1451&lon=-103.1036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7359F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7359F-1988-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810217008369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO SPLIT FLAP INDICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.

## Other reports on N7359F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19831207069859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831207069859I), Dec 7, 1983: Boeing 737291 (N7359F), Las Vegas, NV. Co pilot became ill en route. Deadhead pilot filled in. Possible food poisoning. New physical will be required.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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