44.9444° N, 93.0933° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 30, 1982 · 13:17 local
Place
St Paul, MN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WALA
Aircraft
N288WA
Reported as
Boeing 727200
People aboard
106
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Smoke in cabin on final. Evacuated passengers on landing. Radio problem with rescue unit. Air inlet door actuator.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN CABIN ON FINAL. EVACUATED PASSENGERS ON LANDING. RADIO PROBLEM WITH RESCUE UNIT. AIR INLET DOOR ACTUATOR.